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

• Select a start point using the grid:
  
• Paste in or type in your robot's movements, and the path will show up!
• Click Robot Moving Animation to get an animation of the path

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.
• Dark Mode for Map: invert the colors of the map
• 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