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Re: Is hybrid valuable?

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Originally Posted by DjScribbles View Post
My concern is that the motion control could be unreliable (we're going to use default gestures with kinect stick) and we end up floundering in hybrid autonomous when a standard autonomous would have worked fine, simply because the kinect doesn't work as well as I'm counting on...
Perhaps the following video can give you some idea of what kind of control to expect? It is using the beta software, so I do not know if it has improved, but: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qSt1ZUmtjI

Ultimately, I agree with EricVanWyk in that you should only use the Kinect IF you think it will give you information or control that you cannot attain otherwise. Simply using the Kinect alone does not serve as an advantage just because no one else is using it; but if you can find a good application of the tool, then it is worth it.