autonmous corner or center

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Ashley Christine

I think that with the cameras, there is potential for chaos during autonomous.

All I know is that last year in Philadelphi, our camera locked dead onto MOE (Team 365) and their flourescent green shirts during the matches. They might want to consider what would happen if they get pelted with balls during the autonomous period!

[Ashley Christine]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

All I know is that last year in Philadelphi, our camera locked dead onto MOE (Team 365) and their flourescent green shirts during the matches. They might want to consider what would happen if they get pelted with balls during the autonomous period!

LMAO! That would be kinda funny, other then the not safe part. But yeah!

[psquared89]

So if you have a robot that shoots straight foreward, you just aim your robot at the high goal before the match starts, and then start shooting right when auto mode begins. As long as you've spent an hour or two ahead of time to make sure your robot shoots its balls at the right speed and angle, you don't have to worry about aiming...

Be careful about aiming your robot. There's a rule against using "any measuring devices while placing your robot that are not a permanant part of the robot", last year I used my shoe (it's exactly 12"), but I suspect this year that won't be allowed. If the ref decides you've lined your robot up against this rule, he's free to move/turn it at his discretion.

[Barry Bonzack]

Originally Posted by Ashley Christine

LMAO! That would be kinda funny, other then the not safe part. But yeah!

While at kickoff I asked Woodie if there were any concerns about missed shots at the center goal hitting the operators or the controls. He handed me a ball and told me to throw it at him as hard as I could... How many times does an opportunity like that come up?

[6600gt]

The camera is absolutely esential to this game during both auton and manual mode. Thats the only way to constally keep track of the goal. Otherwise you would have to stop and postion the launcher so the ball goes into the hole. Think of doing this manually form over 30 ft away toward the other end away form you?
Realtime trig and projectile motion calculations!!!

[dan da' geekman]

Yes, the camara would be nice to use in the manual 2 minutes, but then you are relying totally on the camara. our team was thinking of something where the camara would give some kind of feedback, whether or not the position of the "cannon" would make the shot.

[6600gt]

Then you have to constantly move it around until it locks on and this is pretty hard manually and very time consuming.