VARBot - Revision history

Varoadstter: Fixing typos

2010-06-10T13:57:28Z

Fixing typos

Varoadstter: Added teams category

2010-06-09T20:09:02Z

Added teams category

Varoadstter: fixed type

2010-06-09T19:52:50Z

fixed type

Varoadstter: initial revision of VARBot

2010-06-09T19:50:54Z

initial revision of VARBot

New page

{{Infobox Robot
| image =
| name = VARBot
| author = [[VARoadstter]]
| extends = [[TeamRobot]]
| targeting = [[HeadOnTargeting|head-on]]
| movement = [[MinimumRiskMovement|minimumrisk]]
| license = closed source
| isOneOnOne = true
| isMelee = true
| isOpenSource = false, but only until I get it to a releasable point
}}
== Background Info ==
; What's special about it?
: It's designed to perform well as part of a team of VARBots as well as individually, whether in 1v1 or Melee.

; Great, I want to try it. Where can I download it?
: There's not enough in it yet to be worthy of download. This will change but as I'm still learning all of this it will take some time.

; How competitive is it?
: It's not currently in RoboRumble but I do spar it against other bots. Since it's a one-size-fits-all bot, it is necessarilly considered a megabot but obviously lacks the sophistication of true megabots.

== Strategy ==
; How does it [[Movement|move]]?
: It uses a variation of [[MinimumRiskMovement|mimimumrisk movement]]. I have studied the movement of HawkOnFire as an initial implementation but in team mode there is code in place to control the destination of a bot by the command of the team leader. When performing autonomously, it is close to the movement of HawkOnFire.

; How does it fire?
: [[HeadOnTargeting|head-on targeting gun]] but this will be augmented/changed once I have a stable first version. There is also code to avoid firing that would have a high chance of hitting a teammate (friendly-fire). So far in my benchmarks this has not proven to help much (enough?) to justify the complexity but it's part of the design.

; How does it [[DodgingBullets|dodge bullets]]?
: As part of minimum risk and also as a tenet of not keeping still in melee/team battles it computes new destinations based on risk. In team mode it has complete information about where all teammates bullets actually are and seeks to avoid them.

; What does it save between rounds and matches?
: Nothing yet.

== Additional Info ==
; Where did you get the name?
: It's based on my internet handle VARoadstter which I chose while living in Virginia and driving an Audi TT Roadster.

; Can I use your code?
: It's not released yet but I intend to throw it open should it reach a level suitable for release.

; What's next for your robot?
* Finish release version 1
* Augment/replace the gun

; Does it have any [[White Whale|white whales]]?
: It does will in matches against many existing teams but loses to ShadowTeam and PolyLunar.

== Credits ==
Thanks to [[HawkOnFire]] for the initial inspiration implementatino of movement.

[[Category:Bots|VARBot]]
[[Category:Melee Bots|VARBot]]
[[Category:MegaBots|VARBot]]
[[Category:Unreleased Robots|VARBot]]

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 == Strategy ==
 ; How does it [[Movement|move]]?
-: It uses a variation of [[MinimumRiskMovement|mimimumrisk movement]]. I have studied the movement of HawkOnFire as an initial implementation but in team mode there is code in place to control the destination of a bot by the command of the team leader. When performing autonomously, it is close to the movement of HawkOnFire.
+: It uses a variation of [[MinimumRiskMovement|minimum risk movement]]. I have studied the movement of HawkOnFire as an initial implementation but in team mode there is code in place to control the destination of a bot by the command of the team leader. When performing autonomously, it is close to the movement of HawkOnFire.
 ; How does it fire?
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 ; Does it have any [[White Whale|white whales]]?
-: It does will in matches against many existing teams but loses to ShadowTeam and PolyLunar.
+: It does well in matches against many existing teams but loses to ShadowTeam and PolyLunar.
 == Credits ==

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 | extends = [[TeamRobot]]
 | targeting = [[HeadOnTargeting|head-on]]
-| movement = [[MinimumRiskMovement|minimumrisk]]
+| movement = [[MinimumRiskMovement|Minimum Risk]]
 | license         = closed source
 | isOneOnOne      = true
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 == Credits ==
-Thanks to [[HawkOnFire]] for the initial inspiration implementatino of movement.
+Thanks to [[HawkOnFire]] for the initial inspiration implementation of movement.
 [[Category:Bots|VARBot]]