Did Anyone Accept the Challenge?

[mwtidd]

Originally Posted by Geek 2.0

If my memory serves me correctly, there was a thread last year where a challenge was put forth for teams to make their robot entirely autonomous, with no operator control. A few teams pledged to do it.

I in no way criticize anyone who said they would and then didn't, because it's something that is really difficult to do, and not just anyone can do it. But I would like to know if you've seen anyone (or you are someone) who actually did this, because if they did, they deserve the utmost respect.

This goal is still very alive in my eyes. Where I don't expect to see any in the regular season, I think come IRI we may see one that can pull it off.

Actually my defensive bot would be fully autonomous. It would start off right next to one of the towers and create a wall within the 84" limit stopping teams from putting up one of the mini bots. Also it would block a significant portion of the lane....

I am going to be working on a fully autonomous robot once I raise the money for it. (4 rev swerves, a killer bees 4 speed shifter, 4 range finders, and a second camera)

I think once I have the platform built, it will take about a 6 week period to program it. Hopefully come this years IRI, I will be able to bring it down and showcase it.