Is there a plan for being able to flash the FIRST Tech Challenge system onto the XRP? Or is the WPILib close enough? I want to use this to train coders for my Teams since it is a much more convenient buy in as compared to a full control hub etc?
There is some FIRST Tech Challenge programming in the works. But, at the moment we do not have any projected dates on the availability.
Thank you so much for the reply! I will keep an eye out for any updates because I am looking forward to using XRP as a platform to train my teams.
I’m also looking for idea for competitive challange using XRP, Romi for High School First Robotics team for Summer/pre-season engagement.
I might have found something, apparently there is a competition called MiniFRC out there that some people are using XRP to compete in. I was led to it with this video. I am in contact with the people that are putting it together to learn more. https://youtu.be/W707b28UHKg?si=_wZ4Ms_m07o23klT
I feel like it could be great to build all the skill sets for the students at a lower cost.
Just got 10 more XRP for my school as DIY kits so we will be fully stocked
A FIRST Championship this year there was a workshop around the summer camp game that is being put together, Mountain Mayhem.
There may be others on this forum that can jump in with more info on it, but the guide gives pretty good details.
The page to learn more is located here Mountain Mayhem - Experiential Robotics
Yes, the same person that designed the Mountain Mayhem game is a mentor on the Terrorbyte and helps run the miniFRC games!
In the meantime, the XRP is a good place to design and prototype AUTO code in Blocks for FTC robots.
Is your team programming in Blocks or Java?
WPILib is going to be pretty close for Android Studio Java. There aren’t a lot of examples for Blocks coding on the XRP. I’m trying to build some of that out for my teams now.
A standard XRP has a two motor drive, similar to the FTC Starter Kit chassis. There is a Mecanum Chassis (Mecanum Chassis) that can be built for an additional $20 in motors and $20 in Mecanum Wheels.
Since most of my FTC teams are using Mecanum wheeled Chassis, I’ve started my work in prototyping AUTO code with this chassis. Check out this OpMode that drives in a triangle: 12A-Triangle.blocks - Google Drive. It was inspired by our first year FLL-Explore team. There are good functions for forward, backwards, right, left, clockwise, and counterclockwise. I am planning on swinging the servo arm to indicate some sort of manipulator action by the competition robot.
The Software Development Kit (SDK) for the XRP isn’t synced with the FTC SDK. I still think there is value in building out the AUTO architecture and doing some tuning on the XRP. Then this can be translated into the AUTO OpModes on an FTC competition robot.
They are mostly in blocks right now. But we have been working on teaching them java coding as a couple have shown some interest.
I am intimately familiar with that mecanum chassis 
Oops. I’ve been so excited about the chassis that I forgot who I’m sharing it with. Thanks again for developing it.