With our first competition coming up this week,we’ve got autonomous programs on our minds. Figuring other teams probably do,too, our lead programmer,Chris W.,updated our public FTC Robot C Templates site with a wiki entry on writing autonomous programs. Chris is a firm believer in creating lots of functions to handle low [...] [...]
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This season’s FIRST Tech Challenge game,Get Over It!,presents a lot of challenges,not the least of which is the 40 second autonomous period. 40 seconds! A programmers joy,or nightmare,depending on ability and experience. Create a strong autonomous program,though,and the rewards are considerable. From the Game Manual:Batons scored during the Autonomous Period [...] [...] A mentor from FTC Team 450 Children of the Swamp,shares hopes for more autonomous programs in the upcoming Port Orange RobotFest competition,on December 12,and a little code for a hoped for dance-off. Check it out at the FL FTC Forum:http://flftc.forumotion.com/robotc-f11/my-goal-is-everyone-moves-in-autonomous-t103.htm [...] Important new programming updates are online at the Robotics Academy . From FIRST:“FIRST has made the new two-program templates mandatory for all teams competing in the 2009 FIRST Tech Challenge. Teams must convert their existing programs to the new template before arriving to the competition.“Templates for all three programming languages are available at [...] [...] A series of Robot C webinars will be available at Robot C net starting this Thursday,Sept. 25. The webinars will be recorded and available for viewing after their broadcast:From RobotC.net ROBOTC Webinars are a great way to learn more about ROBOTC,before or after you are a user! Each webinar will cover all aspects [...] [...] Scroll down to the bottom of the page and on the right hand side,you’ll see our “General Robotics Links of Interest”. There,you’ll find five NEW links to information about our three software choices:Labview Tutorial from National Instruments RobotC.net Lab View Wiki Tutorial NXT G Tutorial Tutorials for NXT G (&Robolab) Have fun! LIFE Robotics [...] |    Visit Florida FTC on  | |||||
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