Month: March 2014

Autonomous Challenge—First 2 Challenges

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We’re glad to announce our first two autonomous challenges. They are the following:

Simple Ramp

Taken from this year’s FTC game, this is an autonomous for beginning teams.

Auto Challenge-Ramp

Suggested Sensors

  • Motor Encoders

Line Following 1

A basic line following task. Good for the more advanced teams.

Auto Challenge-Line Following 1

Suggested Sensors

  • One of the following:
    • LEGO Ambient light sensor
    • LEGO Color Sensor
    • HiTechnic Color Sensor
    • HiTechnic EOPD Sensor

Generally, having multiple of the same kind of sensor will make your line following better.  This article has some information as to the different kind of algorithms one can use.