theinfamousbob
Member
My school is going to an area robotics competition this Saturday. We entered in lightweight, middleweight, and heavyweight sumo robot classes. The middleweight and heavyweight are completly autonomous, while the lightweight is R/C. They (mid and heavy) include left, right, and back IRPD sensors, line detectors (can't go out of the ring :shock: ) and use the OOPic microcontrollers. These are very easy to use (if you know what you are doing) and is a great next step from a Basic Stamp. Hopefully I'll have the time to snap some pics (when I'm not fixing code lol) and be able to post them. It's a blast. Last year, running on Basic Stamp IIs (which are slow compared to the object-oriented OOPic code) we took second in heavyweight and third in middleweight. We would've won the middleweight but one of our motor driver lines was only plugged partially in so the robot went out of the ring and lost. The other robots were no challenge - most of them did not actively search, they just spin in the center of the ring. The ones that did search did so well, but were not designed with too much thought to the efficency of the program or the sensors. Competitions are great, try to find/create one in your area! This one is being held from Friday to Saturday in Marion, Ohio (It's a multi-state event) and is wonderful : If you live in the area I encourage you to go! - I don't have an address but this is where my best friend comes in. Hope to see you there!
Cheers.
Cheers.