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Re: A Vision Program that teaches itself the game

I'm not a programmer, but no.

The reason is that while a single program may learn the game every year, it has to adapt to the different robots that are built. Some things stay the same, other things change--sometimes pneumatics are an advantage and sometimes not, for example. So the program will need to be changed to fit the robot every year, regardless of whether or not the game changes are minor or major.

Now add to that that no robot in FRC history has ever been fully autonomous beyond automode or a "drive straight and don't stop", and the odds are VERY against you actually pulling it off this side of grad school.
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