View Single Post
  #115   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 21-01-2011, 09:33
apalrd's Avatar
apalrd apalrd is offline
More Torque!
AKA: Andrew Palardy (Most people call me Palardy)
VRC #3333
Team Role: College Student
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Rookie Year: 2009
Location: Auburn Hills, MI
Posts: 1,347
apalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond repute
Re: why blame the programmers??

It might seem strange to some, but I already wrote almost all of the base code for this year. We know what we are building and what it will do, so I can write all of the software and debug it in a simulated environment, then spend a few days tuning the robot control loops and fixing robot-specific issues.

It helps to have a chassis to work with. You can most certainly work on drive code, automation, and vision on just a chassis. Even if you have to re-tune some of the code for the real robot, simply knowing that the algorithm works as you wanted to, and finding the 10% of cases where the code dosen't work as expected (and fixing them) can be a great help.
__________________
Kettering University - Computer Engineering
Kettering Motorsports
Williams International - Commercial Engines - Controls and Accessories
FRC 33 - The Killer Bees - 2009-2012 Student, 2013-2014 Advisor
VEX IQ 3333 - The Bumble Bees - 2014+ Mentor

"Sometimes, the elegant implementation is a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function." ~ John Carmack