Autonomous Mode Assumptions

[nwagers]

very true, an experienced driver will learn to press the button. I feel that my duty as a programmer is to make the robot as user friendly and easy to drive as possible. Perhaps find a happy medium, use both buttons and joystick movement? or better yet, make any operator input snap the robot out of auton_mode

[Goya]

What about the simple solution?
Having the driver pass retina, blood, urine, fingerprint and password-protected tests before allowing the joysticks to control the robot?

(Wink, Wink) ;-)

[rwaliany]

That might be a good idea having a button to snap the robot out of auton mode. Well, if the robot is doing good by itself, the question comes to mind: why should the driver drive?

- Ryan

[chewie]

How is the auton_mode bit set? does the RC set it to 1 when the OI is off or no radio signal... (due to power cut for autonomous play) or is it get sent from the OI some how...or perhaps is it something else, i mean how does the competition control it? Anyone know this yet? I havn't been able to find it anywhere.
Thanks.

[Gobiner]

Originally posted by Morgan Jones
I think in my code, I will have the robot continue in autonomous mode until it receives input form the OI. That way, if the robot is doing fine by itself, the driver can let it continue on its own for a while longer. As soon as the driver needs/wants to take control, s/he just has to grab the joysticks.

Why do this? Won't a human driver invariably be better than a autonomous one in? It's not like you need to be calculating re-entry trajectories or something that actually requires computer calculation. I can't see a circumstance where having the robot continue autonomously will be better than having the driver do his/her thing. Englighten me.

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally posted by chewie
How is the auton_mode bit set?

See this. At competition the autonomous mode will be set using the competition port. There must be a radio link established from the OI to RC for the robot to operate, either in autonomous mode or normal mode.

[Morgan Jones]

Originally posted by Gobiner
Why do this? Won't a human driver invariably be better than a autonomous one in? It's not like you need to be calculating re-entry trajectories or something that actually requires computer calculation. I can't see a circumstance where having the robot continue autonomously will be better than having the driver do his/her thing. Englighten me.

You're most likely right, and I can't think of a particular circumstance where my method would be necessary. However, we're only a little into the second week, and I have no clue what my robot will be capable of and exactly what it will be doing in the autonomous period. Therefore, at present, I am still planning to use any input to deactivate autonamous mode. I may change my mind in the future, but not yet.