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Originally Posted by Radical Pi
There can be any number of things blocking the screen, especially with the score being on the bottom. Also, there is no guarantee within the FMS or the scorekeeper that the scoring display will always be showing. Also, it means dedicating a periodical scan of the arena for the score, stopping what you are doing to look for it. Having humans provide the data is so much easier and I doubt anyone would complain about something with that. Perhaps we can lobby the GDC to provide the score live to the robots for next year
With the encoder thing, if an encoder starts returning 0 speed constantly, any PID loop that uses that encoder spins out of control. A serious issue to think about.
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How about a built-in self-test?
Do a short (~100ms) pulse on each of the wheels, each direction, to see if the encoders function?
This could also be used to test the state of the battery.
I'm thinking this is something that could be done while teams are waiting in queue.