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Putting the Jumper in the Bumper
AKA: Ian Thompson
FRC #0639 (Code Red Robotics)
Team Role: Programmer
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Location: New York
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Re: why blame the programmers??

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Originally Posted by dag0620 View Post
One day the code will be written first, and then a robot built around it
That day has come! Our team leaders literally said "write the code for the test board. We'll design around it"

Sadly, it's not the real robot.

I do get some control over the build though when I threaten to setup the wireless system so that I can hack into the robot from the other side of the school and start driving remotely (something which I am able to do thanks to our school's wireless network)
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