Got bored last night so I decided to build a pit advertising bot. the front has space to place team flyers and the back has a tray for team handouts (buttons, pens etc.). Features I would like to add are LED scrolling display and maybe lights
Excellent looks very good. Definitely Unique.
Maybe you could drive it around to hand out flyers, that would be cool.
i plan on bring it to Atlanta
Don’t forget, they don’t like people using the crystals in the pits.
Yeah i saw a team get marked down at my regionals for driving without a tether. They just want to make sure no one can complain about interference. Even with this rule some robots would start moving when they weren’t supposed to. Our robot did this at a scrimmage. Should i be freaked out or is this an easy fix.
don’t worry it will be tethered, i know you can’t go non tethered in the pits
You can always make it autonomous based on the map of the pit area
Try attaching a cell phone to it, so you can make annoncements by simply calling that phone
or is a cell phone illegal to use? (for the same reason as crystals)
and how would he make it autonomous without having the remote telling it to work?
Cell phones are ok in the pits. However do everyone a favor and turn them off when out on the field. Although I doubt that they do interfer with the robots we don’t want to take a chance.
Vince can we get a linear slide or a siscor lift on there to elevate the flyers to a comfortable height?
well after driving the PR bot around the pit for 2 days it seems that people like it
edit updated pic
Have setmotor commands to make the robot move forward slowly and down each aisle, stopping at certain increments
The problem is that the robot needs to be turned on and off each time, unless it’s programmed to stop by all the pit areas automatically, while the team stays at their pit area
I saw this robot several times and it certainly got peoples attention. Nice work!
i think he said that he wanted it to run without even having a remote on, but doesnt that not work?
It works if you put setmotor commands in the main directory and have it automatically running few seconds after being turned on
Like the initial Vex program’s autonomous mode
but, with autonomous, how would he have it work by itself with the remote being on, no crystals + not following it around the whole time= no tether.
What if you zip tied the controler to the robot?
by programming in MPLAB?
or not using V7 master code i guess
what im saying is, doesnt the Microcontroller need to receive a signal (the go-ahead), as in turning the remote on, for the autonomous program to run