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Originally Posted by efoote868
haha... then you'd better give them their own mock-up to play with early... (thats what our team did this year... and we didn't have to spend the bus ride to pittsburgh programming, made for better coding, less stress, life is good. Programmers are people too!  )
you'll kill 2 birds with one stone... they'll be able to tweak it better, and they'll also be able to play with the camera, and get the robot moving in the right direction... |
Good points. Programmers also need a robot to program, which they often don't get until it's about time to put it in the crate!
Our team made a demonstration holonomic drivetrain in the 2005 off-season, and our programmers drove that until we got the competition robot ready. Of course they still needed some time
to adapt to the actual robot's quirks. And of course they could have used more time than they got.
These are the facts of life for software engineers: (1) you will be the last member of the design team to get your hands on the system, and (2) it will be your fault if it doesn't work.
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