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New robot drive controller?

Could this replace joy sticks and game pads?
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvi...ecs,22628.html
Would the screen be useful for driver feed back?

Re: New robot drive controller?

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Originally Posted by Gdeaver (Post 1275636)

Could this replace jy sticks and game pads?
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvi...ecs,22628.html
Would the screen be useful for driver feed back?

It wouldn't be a drop in replacement since it isn't a usb gamepad but it would be possible. Something like this could replace the entire drivestation if you could get it to run the software (highly unlikely). At $350 it's a lot more expensive than most any other gamepad. Probably cheaper just to get something like this.

Re: New robot drive controller?

What's the point? It's a $350 dollar gamepad with a tiny screen when you look at it from a competition perspective. You can't even utilize the processing capabilities of it because the driver station must run Windows and be connected via Ethernet.