Thread: 2006 Autonomous Disappointment
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Unread 14-01-2006, 23:21
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Re: 2006 Autonomous Disappointment
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Originally Posted by pez1959
Now, I have a question.

We're a rookie team this year and we probably won't use the camera as our programmers are very green and a launching mechanism is beyond the scope of our mechanical team. What are other options for the autonomous period? I have heard suggestions about a spiraling drive pattern, just to bump into other bots to screw them up. Would that be effective? or would the bumpings be inconsequential?

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As far as the camera goes, it's quite possible they could get it working.. out of the box the code will search for and lock onto a target

If you drive around randomly in auto. with the intent of running into other robots, I would worry about damage to your robot or someone elses. (Although we had our robot run full speed across the field last year, and right into the other wall) But I don't think driving around like that would do much..