Robot Coaching Assistant (RCA)

A tool to simulate a robot's path for robot tour in Science Olympiad.
⚠️You MUST set up compileCommands to use this. How to configure compileCommands

Usage

• Add barriers, start point, and end point with the Set Course button. In course editing mode, simply click on elements to activate them.
  
• Add gates with the Set Gates button. Make sure to click on the gate zones in order, as the last gate clicked is marked as the last zone.
• Paste in or type in your robot's movements, and the path will show up!
• Add the target time on the main window, and then click Photo Mode in the course to take a screenshot of the course, with target time.
• Click Robot Moving Animation to get an animation of the path
• Save and load the course (and robot code) with the Save Course and Load Course buttons.

Settings

• Track Size: size of the robot tour course. 4x4 for 2023-24, 4x5 for 2024-25
• Starting Dot Offset (default: 0): How far, in cm, the icon is from the course's edge when starting. Useful when the first move is longer than expected in order to align the center of the robot with the center of the box. For example, my bot travels 32cm instead of 25cm on the first move because the dowel is 7cm in front of the center.
• Show 'LAST' label: indicate that the last clicked gate zone must be entered at the end for a bonus. This can be disabled for the 2023-24 rules and enabled for the 2024-25 rules.
• Robot Moving Speed: the speed of the robot moving animation
• compileCommands Function: read how to configure compileCommands

Screenshots

Map with a robot course
 
Page to enter path
 
Settings of the app

Troubleshooting

• macOS: “Robot Coaching Assistant.app” is damaged and can’t be opened. can be fixed by running this command in terminal:

  xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Robot\ Coaching\ Assistant.app
  

Building From Source

See building from source