Well, 3 months have passed, so I'll tell you what's happened.
A bunch of coding for drivers has been done in NXC by Matt Allen after a very nice, long chain of responses on the Mindboards forum from my original post. It's good to know the NXT community caters so fast to people who are in need of help.
Meanwhile, I was also trying to follow Dexter Industries Wifi Week tutorials on using the Wifi Sensor. However, those were unsuccessful right from the start too. I keep getting an "unexpected warm boot (possibly low battery)" error. However, I am currently talking with a DI professional, so hopefully, everything will work itself out.
Apart from all that, I was getting down the basics of bluetooth. In RobotC, I whipped up a quick remote control program that allows me to control the speed of another NXT vehicle with a Ultrasonic sensor and can make it turn left or right with the arrow keys. So that's definitely a start. I think I'll be focusing more on the swarm aspect of the project through bluetooth for now, staying in the autonomous realm. Later, when I get the hang of the Wifi Sensor, I'll make the shift to a user controlled swarm.
In other news...
I recieved an NXT omniwheel keychain courtesy of Xander. I was one of the three winners in his NXT haiku contest, which was pretty neat.
You can his post HERE
There is also a chance to win a free DI dCompass sensor.
One last thing before ending this post. My team recently competed in the FTC State Championship last weekend. We were 3rd in the 5th round, but after the 6th, we dropped to 7th. However, the 3rd place team did choose us as their alliance partner. Therefore, when all is said and done, you can say we safely came in 3rd place.
And that about wraps it up. Till next time.
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