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Crew Cox 04-02-2017 20:47

Crazy Driverstations
 
I was wondering what the most interesting control station you've ever seen is.

What made it awesome?

Whose was it?

Where did you see it?

NShep98 04-02-2017 21:12

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
1768 has a really long one with a custom button panel. It has wheels on one bottom edge so one of the drive team members can drag it along with them.

soundfx 04-02-2017 21:21

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
I don't think anything I've seen compares with the huge screens and camera poles a few teams used last year.

tomy 04-02-2017 21:53

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
2011 a team, whom I can't remember, had a custom board that was a scale model of their three jointed armor. They could control the arm at different positions using a scaled down model of their arm on the driver station.

BotDesigner 04-02-2017 23:03

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by tomy (Post 1640565)
2011 a team, whom I can't remember, had a custom board that was a scale model of their three jointed armor. They could control the arm at different positions using a scaled down model of their arm on the driver station.

1899? IMO that system made this is one of the coolest frc robots ever.

BryceKarlins 05-02-2017 00:28

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
In 2007 we used a guitar hero controller for our Rack 'n Roll robot, fitting, no?

https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=55902

flemdogmillion 05-02-2017 09:12

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
I once made a nice wearable DS that we called "the baby carrier." Good times, walking around and driving the robot.

dirtbikerxz 05-02-2017 09:34

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Quote:

Originally Posted by flemdogmillion (Post 1640636)
I once made a nice wearable DS that we called "the baby carrier." Good times, walking around and driving the robot.

Pictures/Videos?

anishde 05-02-2017 09:55

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by tomy (Post 1640565)
2011 a team, whom I can't remember, had a custom board that was a scale model of their three jointed armor. They could control the arm at different positions using a scaled down model of their arm on the driver station.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BotDesigner (Post 1640584)
1899? IMO that system made this is one of the coolest frc robots ever.

Holy ************************************. That's amazing!

Crew Cox 05-02-2017 10:37

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by FrisbeeFunTime (Post 1640649)
Too bad it doesn't fit in the alliance station this year.

Ouch

flemdogmillion 05-02-2017 11:40

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by dirtbikerxz (Post 1640638)
Pictures/Videos?

Never got any, but it worked like a harness for marching band drums, and had a wide board to set joysticks on, with a high-traction surface so things didn't slip.

MaGiC_PiKaChU 05-02-2017 11:47

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We used this setup for the past 3 years

Connor McBride 05-02-2017 11:59

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
If I remember correctly, 1625 had a marching band snare drum harness where they would put their console during teleop.

guniv 05-02-2017 12:10

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Quote:

Originally Posted by anishde (Post 1640643)
Holy ************************************. That's amazing!

I know that 1466 did this last year and I think in 2015. Theirs is 3d rather than against cardboard: https://www.facebook.com/FIRST1466/v...4337883346494/

tomy 05-02-2017 12:10

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by BotDesigner (Post 1640584)
1899? IMO that system made this is one of the coolest frc robots ever.

Yes that one!!

CalTran 05-02-2017 12:14

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by tomy (Post 1640565)
2011 a team, whom I can't remember, had a custom board that was a scale model of their three jointed armor. They could control the arm at different positions using a scaled down model of their arm on the driver station.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BotDesigner (Post 1640584)
1899? IMO that system made this is one of the coolest frc robots ever.

Eyyy been looking for that arm for a while now.

JCharlton 05-02-2017 13:09

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
My favourite, which would be a good one to recreate for this year.

https://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/37981

Kartoffee 05-02-2017 21:34

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Spartan Robotics, using a wheel from a racing sim. Especially impressive since it got them to Worlds in 2015, where control was the game.

Also, one of the Einstein teams (maybe Beach Bots) used a guitar hero controller for scaling the castle last year.

CalTran 05-02-2017 21:47

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kartoffee (Post 1640846)
Spartan Robotics, using a wheel from a racing sim. Especially impressive since it got them to Worlds in 2015, where control was the game.

Also, one of the Einstein teams (maybe Beach Bots) used a guitar hero controller for scaling the castle last year.

There's a number of teams that use racing wheels; off the top of my head 16 and 1678 come to mind.

pmattin5459 05-02-2017 21:48

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Kartoffee (Post 1640846)
Spartan Robotics, using a wheel from a racing sim. Especially impressive since it got them to Worlds in 2015, where control was the game.

Yeah, racing wheels are definitely a viable option. Requires a bit of closed loop programming, but can be a very cool way to drive a bot.

ollien 05-02-2017 21:57

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While it wasn't crazy as the season progressed, I remember seeing 3419's driver station during week 6 last year and thinking it was nuts. They had a HUGE (like >30") display and a camera pole. I thought it was nuts and there was no way it would be legal.

Turns out it was. For like two weeks. From what I hear TVR ruled it unsafe while NYC had no problem with it.

wesleyac 05-02-2017 22:13

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CalTran (Post 1640856)
There's a number of teams that use racing wheels; off the top of my head 16 and 1678 come to mind.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pmattin5459 (Post 1640858)
Yeah, racing wheels are definitely a viable option. Requires a bit of closed loop programming, but can be a very cool way to drive a bot.

Yeah, the wheel + throttle drive system is really nice!

You don't actually need closed loop to do it though - it's completely workable as open loop as well.

The nice part about it is that it encourages you to keep your velocity as you turn, instead of doing the drive-turn-drive that a lot of people driving tank tend to do.

BethMo 05-02-2017 22:52

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I saw one from team 341 "Miss Daisy" a number of years ago that was covered with artificial turf and a few flowers growing out of it.

DanielPlotas 05-02-2017 22:59

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
How has no one mentioned this great driverstation????

cbale2000 06-02-2017 08:40

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Quote:

Originally Posted by soundfx (Post 1640551)
I don't think anything I've seen compares with the huge screens and camera poles a few teams used last year.

This is accurate.

On this note, has it been determined if this is legal to do again this year? With the airships obstructing the view as badly as they do I could see how it would be useful to have.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BotDesigner (Post 1640584)
1899? IMO that system made this is one of the coolest frc robots ever.

There was a team in 2007 that had a fully articulated arm that was controlled by a "gauntlet" the driver wore that allowed the robot to mimic the arm movements of the driver.
The only downside was that the mechanism was so heavy they could only put a hook at the end of the arm, making it somewhat ineffective (but very cool to watch).

JR0405 06-02-2017 09:01

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by cbale2000 (Post 1640973)
This is accurate.

On this note, has it been determined if this is legal to do again this year? With the airships obstructing the view as badly as they do I could see how it would be useful to have.

R99-C limits the height to 6 ft 6 in from the floor

cbale2000 06-02-2017 09:35

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
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Originally Posted by JR0405 (Post 1640985)
R99-C limits the height to 6 ft 6 in from the floor

What was the limit last year (after the team update that changed it from "no limit")?

JR0405 06-02-2017 09:39

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by cbale2000 (Post 1640999)
What was the limit last year (after the team update that changed it from "no limit")?

11 ft 8 in above the floor

beurwonderwall 06-02-2017 10:13

Re: Crazy Driverstations
 
My alma mater always does a really nice driver's station. I couldn't find any pictures of the one from 2016, but here is the one from 2015! We always got many compliments on it, but I'm sad there's none of 2016.

In 2016, we had a 24 in monitor on our driver's station in addition to the graphics.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/131241...7649593494914/


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