Thread: Best Autonomous
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Unread 26-04-2007, 15:30
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Re: Best Autonomous

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Originally Posted by Tom Line View Post
I'm guessing you used blobsize and your distance from the light.
Almost, we used the ratio of height to width of the light. If we didn't think we were square enough in front of the light at the start, we drove to the side until the light appeared to be wider than it was tall. At that point, we turned back to center and went in for the score!

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...we switched to just going to the light regardless of angle for expediency's sake.
We wanted to do that, but with our Easy button spider foot detector and our method of carrying the keeper, we needed to be nearly square when we arrived. Otherwise, the ringer would not get over the stinger and the effort would be wasted.

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Autonomous is fun
Autonomous is what software teams live for! Our 15 seconds in the spotlight that wouldn't be possible without a robot that is controllable, reproducible, and fully accessorized with intelligent sensors. Any robot that can run a good autonomous can probably play the following game pretty well too!

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