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Re: 2010 5th Gear FRC Match Simulator

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
Is there an API or something for 5th gear robots? I would love to try some psuedo programming / AI algorithms for Overdrive in my spare time (I used big words to make me sound smart)... is this possible?
There is an informal description of the interface between the Server and the client that needs to be polished and made more detailed before publication, and there is my Java client-side Client-Server communication code that could be updated and compiled into a set of class files that could be distributed (so that other Java code could incorporate them).

I figure I'm about 40 labor-hours away from being able to release those two items. I also have to get my taxes filed and prep for the 5th Gear exhibit at the Championships, and keep an eye on the Week 5 exhibits, and participate in a May Vex off-season event locally, and design/build some Vex bots that will be used in community College workshops this summer, and take some Vex bots to our local 4H office to show to a Virginia House of Delegates member, and ...

No - I'm not looking for pity but I am explaining why I/we haven't released these two items quite yet.

However, when I saw the other thread I couldn't resist letting folks know that it is possible to release them in the near future, and that those 40 hours might rise up nearer the top of my to-do list if there is enough interest (the tax man and the Championship exhibit have to stay at the top of the list).

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