New robot controller next year?

[Dave Scheck]

Originally posted by Sachiel7
A note to wildstang -Plus, I was a bit confused as to why you were using trig on a processor like this (???) From the matches I saw your bot had a skid/crab drive with the 2 "flaps" and a pretty good solid auto. What components did you have that required that level of calculation? Just curious.

Our autonomous system, StangPS, required the use of trig. We used the offboard processor to calculate our current position on the field at all times. The communication between the RC and the processor was at a minimum due to the lag we experienced. Every loop we passed the x,y, and angle to the field (theta) across. The RC then used that information along with the point on the field it knew it wanted to get to in order to calculate the direction to drive. That's where the trig comes in. Take a look at the presentation that we put together at http://www2.wildstang.org/2003/video/StangPS

As Dave and Mike have mentioned, we really pushed the stamp to its limits. By upgrading the processor, other teams may have the opportunity to attempt something similar completely within the RC.