18-04-2008, 22:49
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,935
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Re: New FTC Platform
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Originally Posted by Rick TYler
I'm in Atlanta right now -- the information above is correct. I stopped by the demo field and and never saw a robot moving under remote control -- but the demo teams said they only had two weeks to build their 'bots so that's not a big surprise (at least to me). Overall, it's a lot of value for $450, and includes three SDKs in the box (Labview, RobotC, and something else -- the LegoNXT environment?). Got to run to dinner now...
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If I remember correctly we ("the teams") had 4 weeks or a bit longer to build our bots. Whoever told you two weeks did not get to use all of the time that was available.
The bots can, do and did move under remote control. However, what you saw was evidence of the non-trivial software problems that we encountered in this version of the kit and field control system. I presume that more mature versions of all the different software tools will be shipped; but I wouldn't be surprised if the first season encounters a few bumps in the proverbial road when hundreds of FTCers truly start field-testing them.
Blake
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