Please help Wave Robotics earn $1,000!!!

[Robotmmm]

Now over 15,000! And the students haven't even seen this yet because they are in class. You will win because Firsters are the best!

[Tyler Olds]

Originally Posted by Robotmmm

Now over 15,000! And the students haven't even seen this yet because they are in class. You will win because Firsters are the best!

This is crazy! This morning we had 600 and we are topping 20000. Thank you cd community! Please keep it up! These contributions are from a couple of emails, a Facebook post, and this post on cd! Truly amazing!

[kwotremb]

Dont worry Tyler, Ill help a fellow 93 Alum

[Chris27]

Someone should make a script...

[efoote868]

Originally Posted by Chris27

Someone should make a script...

would you like the java source code?

[BigJ]

Let's not cheat, guys. Keep it professional.

[MagiChau]

Hope you guys get some exploding bacon if you guys get the $1,000. Oink Oink Boom Wave?

[Bob Steele]

33,000 + now!!!!

Wow

[Kimmeh]

Amusing trend I've noticed: Almost everyone who has commented so is either a mentor or college student.

Are we all really that bored at work?

[BigJ]

Yes. Also trawling CD for my post-CMP hangover

[DarrinMunter]

Are we all really that bored at work? [/quote]



YES.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by efoote868

would you like the java source code?

Actually yes, I'm curious how you tell where the coins are.

(Hey, it is a really cool application and I'm curious!)

[efoote868]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

Actually yes, I'm curious how you tell where the coins are.

(Hey, it is a really cool application and I'm curious!)

It took me about ~30 minutes to write this (I wrote something similar for a different thing oh so long ago).

I apologize for using magic numbers for pixel locations. Also, do not run this if you're not willing to give up the use of your computer for a minute.

/*
 Copyright (C) 2011  Evan Foote

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Robot;

public void robotRunner()
{
  try
  {
    Robot myRobot = new Robot();
    myRobot.delay(4000);

    //get the current system time for reference on how long to run
    long time = System.currentTimeMillis();

    int loops = 0;

    int x = 560; //coordinate of the screen in pixels where the coins appear
    int y = 560;             
    int dx = 0; //or offset, where we're sampling
    int dy = 0;                
    int xmax = 240; //size of the rectangle we're sampling
    int ymax = 150;                
    int xsamp = 40; //AKA the step size between samples
    int ysamp = 20;

    Color c; //the sampled color

    int cnt = 0; //The number of coins we've found

    //run main loop for about 1 minute
    while (System.currentTimeMillis() - time < 1*60*1000) 
    {
      //iterate through each coordiante in the sample space
      for (dx = 0; dx < xmax; dx += xsamp)
      {
        for (dy = 0; dy < ymax; dy += ysamp)
        {
          //snag the color where we're sampling
          c = myRobot.getPixelColor(x + dx, y + dy);

          //check and see if the color is something other than white (like yellow)
          if (notWhite(c))
          {
            //move the mouse to that location
            myRobot.mouseMove(x + dx, y + dy);
            //increment the count so we know when to stop
            cnt++;

            //subtract this sample so we can check again
            dy -= ysamp;

            //left click the mouse, wait, drag it to the piggy bank, wait,
            //release it, wait.
            myRobot.mousePress(16);
            myRobot.delay(50);
            myRobot.mouseMove(448, 537);
            myRobot.delay(50);
            myRobot.mouseRelease(16);
            myRobot.delay(50);

            //TODO: CAN BETTER THIS CODE by:
            //checking that the coin traveled with the mouse. If it didn't,
            //subtract 1 from the cnt and try again.

            //alright, grabbed 5 coins. click on the refresh button
            if(cnt == 5)
            {
              myRobot.mouseMove(1109, 87);
              myRobot.delay(50);
              myRobot.mousePress(16);
              myRobot.delay(50);
              myRobot.mouseRelease(16);

              //wait a second for the page to refresh. Slower internet speeds
              //should wait longer.
              myRobot.delay(1000);
              break;
            }//if count is at 5
          }//if sample is not white
        }//for each y pixel

        //Putting this in the outer for loop so we can break from it
        //as well.
        if (cnt == 5)
        {
          //reset the count and the iteration
          cnt = 0;
          break;
        }
      }//for each x row

      //if dy >= ymax, it means that we've traveled all the way and didn't
      //spot 5 coins. something went bad, refresh the page.
      if (dy >= ymax)
      {
        myRobot.mouseMove(1109, 87);
        myRobot.delay(50);
        myRobot.mousePress(16);
        myRobot.delay(50);
        myRobot.mouseRelease(16);

        myRobot.delay(1000);

        cnt = 0;
      }

    loops++;
    }//while loop

    System.out.println("Number of loops run: " + loops);
  }//try
  catch(Exception e)
  {
    //not sure what would cause above code to be more than exceptional, but
    //if it is, I don't care and we can stop running here.
  }
}

private boolean notWhite (Color c)
{
  return (c.getRed() + c.getBlue() + c.getGreen() < 255*3);
}

[gyroscopeRaptor]

I suggest you remove the script. It's highly likely that the rules don't have anything good to say about macros to gain points. This could result in Wave Robotics losing by default.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by efoote868

It took me about ~30 minutes to write this (I wrote something similar for a different thing oh so long ago).

I apologize for using magic numbers for pixel locations. Also, do not run this if you're not willing to give up the use of your computer for a minute.

Just doing a naive search if I am understanding this correctly. Does anyone feel like taking a crack at this using vision processing in Labview?

(Not badmouthing this at all, just curious if any of the FRC students want to put all that vision processing they did to good use)