Out of Order #14235
San Diego, California
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Learning together since 2018
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A Rookie FTC Robotics Team from All Over San Diego Dedicated to Spreading STEM.
San Diego, California
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Learning together since 2018
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![]() Our original design for the robot; it's probably going to look completely different by competition 2... We're currently trying to think up a team slogan - the best we could come up with was "We may be out of order, but our robot isn't! :):):):)::))):):)" Needless to say, we would love suggestions!
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FTC allows three methods of programming: OnBot Java, Blocks, and Android Studio. We tried all three this year and would like to share our experiences with them as well as pros and cons.
OnBot Java - A bare-bones programming tool great for teams with little or no experience programming Pros:
Blocks - A simple tool for teams who have younger members/have very little programming experience or a lack of a software mentor Pros:
Pros:
As for us, we started out with Blocks for our first Tele-Op. Then, we started using OnBot Java which was sufficient for the early stages such as basic tele-op and autonomous. Once we were familiar with Java programming, we started to transition to Android Studio which has made coding much easier. However, we do not recommend it to most rookie teams unless they have a mentor with experience/advanced programmers, because it is very complicated in the beginning. At our first meet, Android Studio refused to run our program edits (it is useful to be able to change code during competition) because of a few updates it needed, and we did not have wifi to do so and hotspots are not allowed . However, we were able to copy and paste our code into OnBot Java and send it to the robot from there. I hope this was an informative guide. Below is a link to tutorials for each programming tool made by FIRST and others. Leave a comment if you have any questions or anything! - Andrew G We had a great time at our first ever competition! We placed 8th out of 14 teams and were chosen for an alliance by Retro Robotics 12666. Thank you! We were right next to ROH 4216 and got to see how their team runs so well.
What We Learned: Inspection:
We didn't focus so much on scouting this time since we were not expecting to be a captain, but here is what we observed from the scouting we did do and the top teams did.
Feel free to comment below if you want to add anything! See you guys next time! - Andrew G |
AuthorsAndrew G About UsWe are a rookie FTC team in San Diego. There are 9 kids on our team from 6th to 9th grade. CategoriesArchives
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