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[DPRG] Outdoor Robot Challenge
Subject: [DPRG] Outdoor Robot Challenge
From: dpa
dpa at io.isem.smu.edu
Date: Wed Apr 16 15:50:34 CDT 2008
Howdy,
John wrote:
>
> I was planning to program the possible routes for the Outdoor Robot
> Challenge and then select which one to use at contest time.
Excellent!
At this time it looks like we'll be using the backup location in
the Fair Park remote parking lot.
> Is Challenge 1
> going to be from point 1 to point 2 and return?
From
<http:///www.dprg.org/competitions/roborama2008a/outdoor_rules.html>
"1. Out and back.
Drive from the origin to a point at least 100 feet
away and back to the origin and stop. Distance is then
measured from the stopping place to the origin.
Shortest distance wins."
As you can see, it doesn't matter where the robot goes as long as it
goes at least 100 feet away, and then finds its way back to the
origin. As a matter of convenience, the easiest way to do that is
probably to go from waypoint 1 to 2, and then back to 1.
> What will be the azimuth
> for Challenge 3 or do I need to be able to enter it at the contest?
Current plan is the waypoints for challenge #3 are the same two as
for challenge #1, and we'll use idle DPRG members as the obstacles.
However, it's fun to be able to use targets of opportunity, as
described on the webpage referenced above (corner of a building,
grove of trees, etc) so the ability to enter waypoints at
the contest, (as well as the ability to go arbitrarily from any
location 100 feet away and back) will certainly be useful, and
encouraged.
> I am
> assuming that the azimuths in the contest description are true not
> magnetic.
Correct.
Magnetic variation at Fair Park is 4 degrees east, if you need to
correct compass readings.
See you there!!!
best,
dpa
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