SOM-01: Shooting on the move - standing still nothing changes

high priorityReal robotabout 30 minShooting on the move

• Your robot needs: Flywheel shooter, and goBILDA Pinpoint or SparkFun OTOS or Dead wheels (2 or 3 pods).
• Starter bots that fit: none (it needs parts the starter bots do not have).
• Library version: v0.17.0 or newer.
• The docs it tests: Lesson 9: A shooter, a camera and a turret (for robots that shoot).

Why

Shooting on the move is off by default until it is tested on a real robot. The first check is the safest one: turned on, with the robot standing still, it must change nothing. Then the measured flight time, which every later step needs.

Safety

• Safety glasses. Nobody between the robot and the goal.
• The robot stands still in this test.

Setup

• Odometry checked (ODO-01), aim working (AIM-01, AIM-02 or AIM-03), a shot table.
• A phone that films slow motion (240 frames a second).

Steps

1. With shootOnMove = false, fire 5 from a fixed spot. Count hits.
2. Measure flightSec: film a shot from the side in slow motion, count the frames from leaving the launcher to reaching the goal, divide by 240. Do it near and far.
3. Set shootOnMove = true, flightSec (and flightSecPerIn if far shots fly longer), and shooterForwardIn, shooterLeftIn (and cameraForwardIn, cameraLeftIn for a camera on the body).
4. From the same spot, standing still, fire 5 again. Count hits. The Aim: moving shot line should not show while still.
5. Push the robot sideways by hand (or drive slowly): the Aim: moving shot: lead ... deg, ... in line appears.

Pass rule

Standing still, the hits with it on are within 1 of the hits with it off (out of 5), and the lead shown in step 5 is in the direction opposite to the motion.

Record

Write these down while you test. The report form has them as a list to fill in.

• hits out of 5, off and on
• flight time near and far (frames and seconds), and the distances
• your flightSec, flightSecPerIn, shooterForwardIn, shooterLeftIn
• the lead line while moving (degrees, inches)

If your robot is different

Works with a turret or with whole-robot aim (no turret): say which. A camera on the turret is taken to sit at the pivot. If your camera is somewhere else, measure cameraForwardIn, cameraLeftIn and say where it is.

Report your result

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