I love how many of the refs have like... armor plated calves lmao. You know those things go flying often enough that at least one has broken bone. Or at least left a serious bruise.
I think these robots are automated and are picking up the white border. No way a person could be that fast. They must have specific zig zagging routines they deploy
That is how the sport works, if I'm remembering correct. The robots get a list of commands and simple logic patterns [I use that term loosely, it's still quite a lot of code] and then they both hit go at the same itme basically.
They're autonomous in that they have active sensors which let them scan and plot their environment and respond and react to changing stimuli. They can do it incredibly quickly. The Builders can set their basic strategy beforehand, which determines whether they'll attack head-on, from the side, try to get behind their opponent, wait to be hit first, move very slowly, or go nuts before the other robot has got its bearings. You can see the last second decisions being made in secret just as the Builders place their robot on the arena floor. They try to pick a strategy their opponent won't expect, and sometimes you can see them deliberately hide their final programming button press behind their free hand. Once the robots are stuck to the floor (they use sheets of ridiculously powerful neodymium magnets), they're on their own. They can sense their opponents; they can sense the edge of the arena, and they can adapt to the attacks of their opponents. Watching them facing off and making tiny, nervous, jittery moves reminds me of two wary jumping spiders meeting. They're looking for a flaw in the other guy's programming, and trying to react to that. When they both do it together it really does look like they're 'thinking'. I suppose they are. (Er, better ask a philosopher about that!) The speed of reaction is beyond anything a human could manage, which is what makes the sport so fascinating to watch. I'd love to get involved, but the programming and electronics is way beyond my tiny brain. :-)
Depende en que quieras programarlos lo más común es ensamblador o C si usas microcontroladores, pero se pueden usar Arduinos que tienen su propio lenguaje, igual depende del controlador que uses
Omar Gonzalez they use an Infrared Sensor to calculate how much light bounces on the surface: White reflects more, Black reflects less. Then they calibrate it to the right range of numbers.
Si!! vaig participar amb un robot nou que vaig fer per a aquest concurs. L'experiencia va ser molt interessant, pero el concurs va anar malament ja que els motors consumeixen molt (pics fins a 150A), i les pistes dels drivers es van cremar
