[jmullins16]

We have also found that RobotBuilder provides more structure for students with little or no programming experience. It creates good templates with all the language nuances in place. This lets us discuss how to make the robot do what we want and without explaining lots of C++ before we even start. At the time, we were also making the jump from LabView to C++.

The command-based robot project which comes out of RobotBuilder provides good object-oriented skeleton for creating subsystems and commands.

That said, this is our third or fourth year using RobotBuilder, and it has had some problems over this run. We have always been able to find plenty of support, and one of our mentors has even made local changes to extend it for CAN Talons last year. These were pushed back to FIRST and the rest of CD (Java source code is available for RobotBuilder).

We are local here in San Jose, and please feel free to contact our team if you need more info or support.