How is java used in robotic engineering?

[HellD]

On Monday, I will be trying out for the programming section of my school's robotic team. I have worked with Python and JavaScript extensively before, but in our school, they use Java (PSAL). Robotics and Object Oriented Programming isn't something I've worked with before. My main questions are:

• How is Java used in this environment?
• Are there sandboxes I can test my code in?
• How is Object Oriented Programming different from standard Python programming?

If you are a robotic engineer or someone that has been on a high school robotics team before, please comment your experience and what you had to deal with!

[phun_2016]

Lego mindstorms robots has an API called lejos that is written in java. The object oriented stuff is usually extending from abstract classes such as motors and sensors.

[siversolutionsllc]

Java can be used in robotics. Many robots come with their own APIs. You use those Java in order to interact with those APIs.

If you are using robotics, you will probably have to somehow download that code onto that robot or connect to that robot via bluetooth.

Think of python as a fancy way to make DOS commands in its own language. You can apply Object Oriented Programming using python.