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AKA: Justin Sticht
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Re: why blame the programmers??

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Originally Posted by thefro526 View Post
Strangely enough, I don't think enough people thank programmers... Without them, your robot wouldn't even move.
thank you Fro! it amazes me that things that happen behind the curtain of building the robot can be taken for granted. my team just assumes that the robot will function properly. if they push the joystick forward, they expect the robot to move in that direction. i personally believe that the code is half of the robot. like you say, without it, you can't move. but to go from the other end, i take the electrical and mechanics for granted as well. generally, if we have the idea, i expect them to build it, and as soon as they do, i code it before we run the bot again. so i guess i'm kinda inversely guilty