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Re: Kinect in auton allowed

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Originally Posted by Brandon_L View Post
It is called autonomous mode, but if you read the auton rules it states that you can't be physically in contact with a controlling device and have to be behind the white line in the station. As far as I know, no rule actually says something along the lines of "can not be controlled through any means by a drive team member"
Not to "lawyer" up here, but autonomous as defined in the game manual says "Robots operate without direct driver control". With Kinect the robot would be under direct driver control. It is no less direct than when a driver manipulates the robot with joysticks. In either case there is no physical contact, but driver actions cause robot reactions.

Having said all of this, control via Kinect is cool whenever it occurs.
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