Getting started with a Romi

Romis are small robots that you program the same way you program the big robots we build for the season. they are a great way to get familiar with how commands and subsystems work. you can read more about romis here . 

 to get started programming a romi, make sure you have installed all the tools you need for robot development.  

 we have a starting template for programming the romi on our github here . to get started with it, follow these steps: 

 

 click the use this template dropdown in the top right, then  Create a new repository 

 make sure your personal github account is selected as the  owner 

 give the repository a name. anything your heart desires 

 click  create repository 

 you now have your own personal romi project 

 

 setting up on your computer 

 

 you should now be on the page for your own romi repository. copy the url of this page 

 open intellij 

 open the  file menu in the top left 

 under the  new dropdown, select  Project from Version Control 

 paste in the url of your repository 

 choose where you want your project to be on your computer 

 click  clone 

 in the new window, wait for the project to finish loading. the loading bar is in the bottom right 

 test that your project is set up correctly by clicking the dropdown in the top right next to the green play button and selecting  Build & Run Romi via Simulate Java 

 click the green play button 

 a new purple and black window should open up. if it doesn't or you see an error message, put a message in the #controls channel to ask for help