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OK. This is a start. Thanks for all the info.
Like I said I am not on the electrical or programming team, and have no idea what is supposed to go on during the autonomous mode nor do I claim to know. But I do know that we tested the autonomous mode in the pits under tether many times and it worked, then we get out on the field and BOOM... it goes freaky.
What this simple(HA!) program was supposed to do, and does under tether, is drive the robot about 3 feet out of starting position towards the diamond plate wall, turn like 30 degrees to face the ramp and then drive up it to knock down the stacks.
What it actually does under competion is go forward the 3 feet, turn the 30 degrees, stop, turn another 90 degrees, and then ram into the side barrier at the same amount of programed length of time/liner movement that it would do if it were heading up the ramp in it's "normal" programming mode.
As it is doing this, our pneumatically controlled drop down casters keep rising and falling as if the whole robot is turning it self on and off again and getting back into ready position.
We do have switches to have different programs, mainly right and left sides of field start positions for the same program, and I will forward that "variable" concern that Koci had to the electrical team. That might be it. Who knows??
And, it does only start after the autonomous mode is started, or the "bit"?? is sent to the robot by the auto start sequence of events during competition, so it does start when it's supposed to do.
Oh, and FYI, human player mode works perfectly... well let me rephrase that, the electrical portion works perfectly, everything else, like driver descisions and anything else to that affect, is totally random of course. lol
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