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Originally posted by seanwitte

The competition could be something along the lines of simulating the robot following a path and seeing how closely it matches the real thing. You can be given the path the morning of the competition, use your simulator to work out the command set points, then see how close you can get. The only space requirement would be a small area and a few cones to mark the path.
I would love to see something like this happen. Maybe along the lines of a one day competition.

I think that if you are talking a one day competition, you might want to keep it simple...

My idea would be to have a robot on site the day of the competition. You would give a few pages of diagrams and info (gear ratio, tire dia, etc.) to all the teams that are entering. Then they have the day to design a program that can complete a certain task, even if it is simple operation like point a to point b.

To give the game a kick, you could make the robot have added functionality, such as 2 wheel and 4 wheel drive capabilities, and high and low gear. Then one of the criteria for judging the comp could be time.

For example, lets say you set up a course with cones along the outside perimeter. Lets say you would have to move vertically 10 feet, turn 90 degrees go another 10 feet, turn 180 go 10 feet turn and go to the starting position with the robot facing now toward you. This would make the scoring very interesting.

Example Scoring of game:

Cones Hit X Time (SEC) + Time (SEC) = Score

You could also add bonuses for switching from two wheel to four wheel drive on turns.

Well this was just one idea that I thought of.

Keep me posted on if the programming competition became a reality.

Last edited by GregTheGreat : 05-08-2003 at 17:21.