Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Gold Rush Plan

My plan for the Gold Rush!
  • Do a 360 and find the farthest away wall.
  • Drive toward it and hit it.
  • Repeat steps 1 and 2 until one set of parallel walls are equally away from the robot.
  • Execute the built-in DOCK method.
So if walls were equally away from the robot we would try to find the beacon as fast as possible.

Monday, June 22, 2015

RoboCamp Day 1 - Questions about the Survey Route Mission

Before we began on our code, we had several questions about some of the rules for the rover speed challenge.
During this challenge, you will be given bonus points if your robot autonomously returns to the start. Also, your points will be doubled if your robot doesn't hit the side walls.

  • What part of your robot must cross the finish line for the time to stop? This is so our robot knows when to start turning around.
  • If your robot is doing the "return bonus", does that count as part of its time? If our robot has to go twice the distance, it won't get a very good time. This will help us decide whether or not to do the return bonus.
  • How far away from the back wall is the finish line? If we know how far away the finish is, we can know when the robot has crossed the line.
Knowing these minor rules will help us increase the efficiency of your robot, and give it a faster time.