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.