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Re: Programmers: I Have A Challenge For You
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Originally Posted by Egg 3141592654
I would like this to happen, but here are my 2 issues with this idea. Firstly, how do you track game objects and the areas to score? The program would need to have a serious if statement, or a periodic task to override the game piece searching code from the scoring area track code. We tried something like this recently with epic failure, aka we made a $5,000 doughnut preforming machine. Secondly, the robot would have to be as cunning as a human player to avoid silly penalties, like getting hit while kicking a ball making it go out of bounds.
Those are my little considerations in making our robot completely autonomous next year. I guess it also depends on what the game is next year as well because something like this puts drivers like me out of work. Good luck to those teams attempting this, I'm starting now so this way I'll only be 4 weeks late instead of the usual 5.
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it isn't easy but teams that managed to get their cameras working or other motion/vision devices working (we had encoders, the camera was for our drivers) could possibly do it. yes it is a LOT of coding and strategizing early, but why not when it might bring success? there's always a safe-mode people can create so of/when the robot gets out of hand you can take over and correct it, then let the controls go again.
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"To create a world where science and technology are celebrated... Where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes"-Dean Kamen
This should start each year by focusing on worldwide issues, and having a game that, in theory if not practice, will help fix or compromise a solution with those issues, to make a better, safer worldwide and FIRST community.
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