Posted by Jason Morrella at 03/28/2001 6:30 AM EST
Coach on team #254, Cheesy Poofs, from Bellarmine College Prep & others and NASA Ames/Cypress Semiconductor/Unity Care.
In Reply to: Has anyone succesfully programed the Gyro?
Posted by Anthony S. on 03/27/2001 8:50 PM EST:
Anthony,
I know many teams tried to create a "balance program". We had two students work endlessly on it, and they actually got it to work - but it is not consistent enough to use in competiton, at least this year.
(still very proud of them though).
Luckily for us, we have a couple of drivers who seem to have been born with Gyros in their heads, and they have done great without a program.
Of the couple hundred robots I have watched play this year (either in person or video) - I have only seen two who have done what few seem to be able to. The Monta Vista team (115) has an amazing robot and can balance very well - as shown by the 4th highest average in the country this year. The TechnoKat team (45) balancing program is truly impressive to witness also - it's a TechnoKat innovation, so you know it's top notch. I still can't believe the ease with which I saw it "auto" balance.
I am sure some others have had success, but to answer your question, those are the two best I have seen.