Hi there,
I am currently mere days away from my first competition and desperately need some help understanding how the over under autonomous period works. I have some questions, and I would be so greatful if anyone could answer them for me:
I understand that the robots start in the above format, but where do they score? Is it in the goal on the side they start on, or the colour they belong to (red robots score in red goal etc.)
How will the robot know what goal to score in seeing as they could start on any side, and be assigned to any team?
If we are using a vision sensor to detect where the goal is (unless there is another way without hard coding), how will the sensor distinguish between the coloured triballs and the goalposts seeing as all it can do is detect colour.
I’m so sorry if these are stupid questions - this will be my first competition!
I will also be open to any tips or advice you could give us in preperation for the competition =)
The autonomous period is scored the same way the normal period is with robots scoring in the same color as their alliance. Keep in mind alliance triballs can be be scored in either goal and still count for points
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You place your robot on the field yourself. Which side you get comes down coordinating and agreeing with your alliance.
You can use a position system like odometry though I do not it recommend for beginners. Most people just hard code the entire auton as you are allowed to setup your robot in the way you want to work with autons you make before the competition. Hard coding the entire auton is what most people do. For the vision sensor, this is a challenge you will have to overcome yourself. The vision sensor can also return the dimensions of the object so there may be a way to differentiate using that.
Hello! Sadly, our team learned the hard way how autonomous works, but its actually pretty simple once you get it. To answer your first question, the robots will score into the goal that is the same color as their alliance. On the field side that the goal is is where the robots will also score points for them just for being there. Now for your second question, unless you have multiple cameras and sensors on your robot that can detect certain colors, you’re going to want to have two autonomous codes, one for the left side, and one for the right side, since left and right side is the same for both the red team and the blue team. At competitions, you and your alliance partner will decide who starts on what side, so you don’t need to worry about detecting what side you are on. For example, if you have a left auton code that works, and your alliance partner has a right auton code that works, you would probably want your robot to start on the left side, and their robot to start on the right side. So the robot won’t know what side it is on, you will know and you will basically tell it what side it is on by choosing to run one code instead of the other. I don’t really know how to code, so I can’t answer question three, but I can give you some tips for autonomous. One big thing to keep in mind is that if you are a robot on the blue alliance, no part of your robot can enter the red alliance goal. Since this is your first comp I recommend that you try to make friends with every single team that you might think you’ll do well with. Another thing you can do is while at queing tables you can ask the other team questions about their robot, and they might say something that might give you an advantage, like them saying they can’t elevate, but keep in mind that they could be lying. If the other team asks you questions, lie. I know that EstaticPilot already answered the question, but I thought that you might need the tips.
Since the match load triball can be scored anywhere, we just align our bot towards the goal of the side we start in and put the match load infront of it for free points. The code is also very simple take a look.
What do you mean enter the goal? Would it be a disqualification if only a part of the robot entered the goal (like a pusher for example). And is this the case for the driving section too or just in the autonomous mode?
