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Re: Silly Programming screw ups (funny)

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Originally Posted by Uberbots View Post
2006:
not so much a programming error, but i was wearing a bright green shirt while programming the robot. I was tuning the camera at the time, and stood next to the goal. the robot went out, and looked like it had found the target, except it kept running towards it. So, i get out of the way and go towards the disable switch and the thing starts to follow me, and proceeds to chase me around our practice field, shooting balls at me while i attempt to get to the button.
funny thing is, it never shot balls as well at the goal as it did at me. ow.
Now I'm glad we didn't have any of those green lights this year. Something tells me the same thing would've happened to me...
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