What can your robot do in Autonomous?

[nehalita]

Just curious what people plan to do in autonomous and what they are capable of.
Are you making more than one auto? Which one do you plan to do the most?

If you plan to shoot in auto, are you using the camera or dead reckoning?

Our team has more than one auto and plans to use the shooter the most.

[Elgin Clock]

I think our plan is to drive forward just a tad, and lock onto the green target and then shoot 10 balls in.

That's the plan anyways. Auto-mode wasn't proven extensively due to time constraints, but when we did, it worked.

Actually, we can drive to the floor goal as well and drop balls their too.

So, I guess we have 2 solid ones as of now.

[Rick TYler]

Here is what the software people planned:

1. Drive out a few feet (selectable before start).
2. Turn towards goal.
3. Drive towards goal a few feet (selectable before start).
4. Turn control over to camera-based aiming algorithm.
5. Score ten balls with Sidewinder-like precision.

What has actually been tested:

1. Drive out a few feet.
2. Spin in place.
3. Ram the lockers at max speed.

We tested autonomous once before the robot went in the crate...

[pwilczynski]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

We tested autonomous once before the robot went in the crate...

We didn't even get to test it. Everything is written, but.....you never know.

[Eldarion]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

1. Drive out a few feet.
2. Spin in place.
3. Ram the lockers at max speed.

Nice! If you had been at the Wildstang Invitational, you could have seen such great auto modes as:
Back up full speed into the robot behind us
Run out towards our goal. Luckily it didn't shoot!
Position perfectly in front of the opponent's goal--and just sit there!

We have since corrected those problems, and can shoot all 10 into the center goal after plopping down in front of it.

[nehalita]

are you people using the camera for these?

[phrontist]

Wow, I'm shocked how many people can do somethign this year. Last year, had this poll been answered honestly, I'd say less then 50% could do anything in auto.

Of course there is a great deal of self-sampling bias, and chiefdelphi is not even close to representative of FIRST, but if this is even close to true it will be a much more interesting year this year.

I'm using the camera, and two quaderature encoders. I'm using the quaderature encoders in a somewhat... unusual way. The omniwheels are undriven, being used only for navigation (and as "casters"). Since omniwheels measure rotation only in one direction, polling the encoders gives vectors which can be integrated to give position. We'll see how it works

[Tim Delles]

Originally Posted by phrontist

Wow, I'm shocked how many people can do somethign this year. Last year, had this poll been answered honestly, I'd say less then 50% could do anything in auto.

That is because this year the object that the camera is seeking and will not really change color depending on other lights. Also you aren't aiming for something on the floor, you are aiming above you, which also makes it a little easier than last year.

[Caleb A.]

Great job guys. I was able to very easily program to dump into the corner goals, and I tried to make it shoot into the goal. But since I only got to test the day before ship day and there were a lot of kinks we're probably just be doing the side goal. But I'm going to also try shooting over a short robot into the corner goal for fun.

[114Klutz]

Heh - please note this poll is hardly representative of robot capabilities. Around 10% of the bots I saw at Pac. NW can acutually shoot in autonomous.

As for our robot, we move forward, aim, control the turret, and then shoot balls through the hoop. We can normally get 3-4 balls into the goal.

[Eldarion]

Originally Posted by nehalita

are you people using the camera for these?

We are!

[Rickertsen2]

We can in theory:
*Drive closer to the center goal and shoot some balls in (not 10 though) using the camera. This is yet to have really been tested, but it should work once i tune our feedback loops a little better.
*Drive to some random place on the field using timing

[sanddrag]

I think our plan is to get about 10 feet away from the center goal, lock on with the camera, aim, and then fire about 7 balls in.

[Pavan Dave]

Originally Posted by nehalita

are you people using the camera for these?

Yep..

Thanks to the camera we will be able to shoot 10 balls in a very minimal amount of time.

-Pavan

[slickguy2007]

Our programmer worked hard to get the camera to work and it paid off. Not only are we accurate during the match, but during autonomous as well. We are able to drive out towards our goal and shoot all 10 balls in. We have tested it and it is working quite well. I dare to say we are ready for the regional next week?


GO 1403!!!