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Re: reprogram during a competition

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Originally Posted by Mike Betts
At the risk of sounding condescending, I can't believe that anyone is running out of space. If so, take a good hard look at what you are doing.
Significant processing between operator input and motor action.
Navigation (and all the trigonometry it requires).
Multiple independently-tuned PID controls.
Adaptive autonomy.

Finally, lots and lots of text for communicating with the camera.

I can easily understand someone running out of space. Last year's robot only did about half of what we have planned for this year, and it's using about 65 percent of the space.