Things not implemented in team 2230's robot code:
We wanted to make a very simplified control system with the gyro in order to make the robot move from the drivers prespective. I.E: You need your robot to go left from your position. You turn the joystick to the left, the robot will turn left untill it reaches it's angle and will continue in that direction as long as the joystick is held in that direction. New joystick direction? The robot will stop and turn to the new direction and continue.
Of course, that was not implemented, because we lost our gyro a single day after we received it(about 2 weeks before the shipping of the robot instead of 4).
Things implemented
- Automated arm levels. Every push of the joystick's wheel in the certian direction will raise the arm of the robot to the direction and certain level we defined(1st level, the chute, 2nd level etc...).
- Automated platform lowering and manual raising. The platforms for the robots are automaticly lowered. With a special saftey press-code on the joystick, only after the driver is sure he wants to lower his platforms in the place he is he will lower it. At the end of the game, after the saftey inspectors go over the robot making sure the raising of the platforms won't damage anything, the platforms are raised slowly and manualy.
-Automatic jack system. With the help of the trusty acclerometer, we've been able to make sure all jacks attempt to level eachother while progressing to the height while trying to keep all motors at thier max speed in order to maintain stabilty.
Things hoping to be implmented
- A complete autonomous mode. In the "practice" day, we'll try to get values from the arena and define the certain values we need to make an autonomous mode that will use the values of the position the robot starts, the number of lights it should look for and which way to go in order to set the robot in the direction of the defined number of lights.
That's pretty much it.
