I hope everyone in the FIRST community has a great holiday. We're looking forward to a working holiday ironing out the wrinkles in the FTC field management system, getting more training on-line, and getting ready for the FRC kickoff.
I've noticed something interesting in the first two weeks of the FTC season. Teams in the finals have a disproportionate amount of past FLL'ers. In Chicago last weekend three of the four teams in the final rounds had significant FLL experience. One of those was a team largely made up of 8th graders.
Why?
The NXT brick is familiar, but it is just a controller. Familiarity is nice but that shouldn't slow down experienced FTC teams? The game, the head-to-head competition, the pace and focus required, are all consistent with past FTC, and different from FLL...
My guess is that it's the programming knowledge FLL graduates bring to FTC. The FLL competition is all about programming (there is no head-to-dead). FLL teams may get up to speed quicker with the new platform - not sure.
In any case it's been an interesting start to the season and it promises to get even more interesting as teams come up to speed on the game, options, and of course the programming.
Have a great holiday.
Ken
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I think that most FTC teams are trying to over complicate things and that could be causing problems. But it is amazing and a great to know that FLL members are making the leap into FTC and many are achieving success.
I am one of the technical advisors in an upcoming FTC event in Montana and I would like to know the percentage breakdown of what languages teams are using. I ask because I have limited time to become familiar with the three languages and would like to invest the most time in the language that may be most popular.
Regards,
Pippin Wallace
Bozeman Mt
I can't say officially, but it would seem to be that RobotC is the most popular right now...
I would say it goes RobotC, Labview, NXT-G. Though, like ttldomination, i can't say offically, I know the scrimages I've attended RobotC is one of the most popular language.
You can find all types of link for the three languages.(http://unlimited.syraweb.org/Software.htmhere)
And my team just finished a coding presentation for RobotC, which can be downloaded (http://unlimited.syraweb.org/BUworkshop2009.htm)
If you have any questions howbz, feel free to send us a message throuhg our team's website.
We've seen all three programs used to date. RobotC is probably the most popular with LabVIEW right behind. NXT-G was used by 40% of the teams last weekend in Vancouver. It seems to depend on which platform the team mentor is most comfortable with. As an FTA you should be proficient in all three languages to the point where you can trouble shoot why a program may not work with the Field Management System.
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