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Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe
The problem is, these are not my kids. When I leave they're on their own to code their robots for the season. They need the ability to write them from scratch.
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I don't believe that any our four robots' code was written from scratch. We have started with a "barebones" program that has a similar drive system to ours, then start adding on our particular design choices. This is actually a design decision that we usually do after the high-level design solidifies: what code base shall we start from? For Recycle Rush, we started with our own 2013 code, which had a tank style drive. For Aerial Assist, we started with a generic mecanum robot code from the internet. I was not involved in programming our first two years, but I'm confident Gixxy also started with working code rather than trying to write a robot "from scratch".