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Re: I am very nervous

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Originally Posted by davidthefat View Post
The first paragraph did not help much . I do not have the code with me, that also adds to my nervousness. And thanks for the heads up for the motors, I currently had it at around 40%. Man, our autonomy (actually software in general) usually gets scrapped until the end. We are the lowest priority apparently. Now I totally agree with you. Our sensors are literally going to be zip tied on or something. I constantly told the electronics, and CAD people what we needed from week one. It is not in any of the CADs. I can't believe everyone just expects the programmers to pull off miracles. So right now, we are like a blind man with a walking stick. It will be tough.

Keep in mind, I have been programming everyday since day one. It is just that I had been given lots of little "projects" to do. I wanted autonomy to be #1 this year, but people kept on piling on jobs to be done and it was the last thing on the other people's minds.
Yeah, sorry I didn't mean to psych you out. I just want you to lower your expectations and relax. You'll have a lot more fun. I don't want you to be like I was running around like an idiot.(There was one 40 min break where they had me coding and debugging, autonomous and the minibot deployment from scratch) Your team made design decisions and chose not to prioritize autonomous... that's their fault. Just be glad that in reality they can't blame you for the failure of the robot (that is unless you break the robot). Hence why I said, if you do autonomous stuff, do it on the practice field rather than the actual field. If your comfortable with it, break it out on the last day.

Remember that this year wasn't wasted, you will learn what to expect. I have a whole list of design requirements for me to implement in the off season, and I'm sure you'll have the same after comp. I'm actually planning on building my own chassis in the off season, to play around with some of the things i'd like to implement.

Have fun and make the most of comp. It's a good time if you don't take it too seriously
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