You can see details here.īesides the rule changes announced here, we are anticipating no other substantive changes that affect robot design. While we are purchasing more spares per field than we did for 2020, we also plan to continue repairing Power Cells in 2021, when necessary, in the same manner as 2020. The Power Cell is not changing, and there will be three in each team’s Kickoff Kit but none in FIRST Choice (yes, we are planning on a Kickoff Kit, FIRST Choice, and a Virtual Kit). Here are some things you may want to know about! 2021 Robots and Game Pieces The FIRST staff continues to hammer away on prep for the 2021 FIRST Robotics Competition season.
This is your main Java program for controlling the robot.Īll of the code in Robot.java is useful, but for simple programs it is optional. We can augment the Quickstart example to control a motor.īack in the Project tools window, double-click on that Robot.java file. If you started with the Quickstart example, your program is mostly just in one Robot.java file. If you started your program in RobotBuilder, you may already have mostly complete program. This should successfully build your new FRC Java project. Open your project’s icon and select the “build” folder and then double-click on the “build” task. Open the adle file and modify the team number setting, probably around 17: From the Project Structure dialog you can configure a new SDK or configure a previously defined SDK. If you need pick a specific JDK (which IntelliJ will refer to as an SDK), you should select File > Project Structure > Project from the main menu. However, it is possible to have multiple Java Development Kits (JDKs) installed on your laptop.
Hit “OK” again and open the project in the current window. Select your project root directory and hit the “OK” button. Inside IntelliJ, open the File menu and select File > Open. Now, whichever method you use, add an empty directory called “vendordeps”.
Rename the directory to whatever you like.
RobotBuilder creates a full command-based project, so it may be more complicated than what is described in Step 3 below here.
Or, you can build the latest version from GitHub.
The 2019 software release will contain all new tools, including RobotBuilder. You will need a recent version of RobotBuilder that generates GradleRIO projects.
After the first build, you can build in offline mode.Īlso, you should obtain and run the WPILib one-step installer (available at the beginning of the 2019 season). You must be connected to the internet the first time you build the project. Step 0: The prerequisitesĪt this point you should already have installed Java and set up IntelliJ.