[cbolin]

Hi,
Coding your bot to drive and shoot in 10 seconds is really challenging...especially if you want to shoot at 100% (10 of 10 balls). This is far more difficult than raising a tetra and sitting it on the center goal like we did a few times last year in autonomous.

Consider this aspect...Software assist during the 120 second drive time. Example:
1. Laptop computer with graphic display connected to Dashboard serial port.
2. Camera x,y data being used to move cross-hairs on laptop.
3. Gunner (human) uses the crosshairs on laptop display to move turrent azimuth and elevation to close proximity. 1 or 2 tracer rounds to allow human to get to the target...and then feed the balls into the target. One team is allowing for loading of over 25 balls.
4. Drive team can be in opposing corner from the robot shooting diagonally while the bot is moving.

Squeezing the most useful information from the sensors with good code is much more challenging this year. Add in X,Y sensors with Yaw rate sensor to dead-reckon is cool.

So, think of a 130 second autonomous mode with driver assist for 120 seconds. :-)

Regards,
ChuckB