Engineering Notebook for Logomotion

[MrForbes]

As mentor I keep a notebook for each new robot. I use a big 3 ring binder. I print out the rules and updates and KOP list, and keep them in it, so we have a handy reference. I print data sheets for components we are planning on using, and those we buy, so we can have the data handy. I keep all the sketches I make (and a lot of sketches that students make and leave laying around), and try to date and attribute each one. A few other things make their way in there too. Wiring info about the robot, etc is nice to have in a place you know where to find it.

[notmattlythgoe]

I require that my programmers keep a composition book for each build season. They are supposed to do all calculations, pseudocode, and any notes on where things are plugged in and basic robot information in there. That way if there is a question on how to do something or where something is supposed to be plugged in they have one place to go look for it. They are also required to make entried after each meeting about what was done and how it was done.