I plan on trying to implement it, I believe that if you have your auto command to center the target shoot, run it sequentially with the pathfinder you can do it just fine. Refer to this.
@djp0915 Let me know how PathWeaver goes for you. We’re still struggling to get it to work. We have WPILib Trajectories working, just can’t get the bot to drive a trajectory from PathWeaver.
(Minimum) -> move off the line
(Achievable) -> move off the line and shoot 3 balls into outer port
(Potentially) -> shoot 3 balls into outer port, move off the initiation line and pick up 5 balls
We have pretty good programmers this year so I expect we’ll have a pretty solid auto.
Have you successfully implemented encoders? Start with that, I’ll let you know how pathweaver goes for us! Our first time as well, I fact this is my teams first time using command based!
I would like to challenge the programmers on our team.
Shoot 3, move off line
Move off line, shoot 3
Shoot 3, move and pick up 2, shoot 2
Shoot 3, move and pick up 3, shoot 3
Shoot 3, move and pickup 5, shoot 5
Shoot 3, move and pickup 3, shoot 3, move and pickup 2,or 3, shoot 2 or 3
Move and pickup 2, shoot 5, move and pickup 5, shoot 5
Shoot 3, move and pickup 5, shoot 5, move and pickup 3, shoot 3
Shoot 3, move and pickup 5, shoot 5, move and pickup 5, shoot 5.
That should cover most of them.
I’d further challenge them to shoot while moving just to see if it can be done.
I don’t know which of these can actually be done but I’d like to see them try before they tell me “no”.
I would like to point out how valuable this is at an absurdly low cost in terms of time. You can start your robot such that the edge of the bumpers are halfway over the tape, and place the other robot such that they are directly against your bumpers, and therefore also over the same segment of tape. By merely pushing them forward an inch*, your alliance gains those additional 5 points “free” of charge.
*you probably want to push more than that to be safe but the underlying point is the same
Which trench? Have been debating the points gain in auto for trying to go to your trench (much more doable) vs stealing the other alliances trench balls, even if you don’t have time to shoot them) as it gives you a fast first non auto cycle and then you go after your trench run balls. The advantage is 2 fairly short cycles and the second one has a natural protected shooting position.
a 35 point auto should be relatively simple and a 57 point auto not out of the question by a single bot. By champs there will be an alliance capable of putting up 136 points in Auto.