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Re: Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (AKA - ROBOTS!)
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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson
...surprisingly few were successful at the task of autonomous navigation (perhaps 30% if you are generous in the grading scheme) and they didn't have to actually DO anything (like pick up a tetra and place it successfully on top of a goal).
Autonomous Mode is HARD!
I will just suggest the following question: Does Autonomous Mode get us closer to the goals of FIRST or would the time and resources devoted to AM be better spent elsewhere? ...
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While I've haven't (yet) been part of a FRC team, I've coached many teams who have done autonomous modes in another tiny division of FIRST  . The chance for them to make jaws drop in disbelief is in part what fuels them to put in the hundreds of hours to make it happen. In fact, one such team (whom I'm incredibly proud of) did this to the tune of three perfect runs in Atlanta in 2004. I wouldn't have believed they could do it - but they did. Now I could be wrong, but I have to believe they inspired others (they certainly inspired me!), raising the bar for 2005.
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"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving..."
--Albert Einstein
2001: FLL852 |2002: FLL20/FLL21 |2003: FLL23/FLL25 |2004: FLL14/FLL16 |2005: FVC22/FLL124 |2006: FLL3/FLL2986/FVC22/FRC1732 |2007:FLL3/FLL34/FLL56/FRC1732
2008: FLL3/FLL18/FRC1732 |2009: FLL101/FLL8963/FRC1732 ...(etc.!)
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