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Re: Driver Station Suggestions

I agree to the lightweight and portable aspect but i think there is one bigger thing you need to be sure of.

Make your driver station is useable and comfortable to use for driving the robot at competitions. If you have a driver station that you don't like because you aren't comfortable with using it, is a bigger issue. Ex tilting your joy stick (the whole thing) forward to make it easier for you will benefit you a lot.

A driver station that prevents you from getting disconnected from your robot will help too. Sounds silly? How can your driver station prevent you from being disconnected from your robot? Well ask 1114. Last year at GTR West in Finals 2 2056 ran into the driver station wall, the ethernet became disconnected and they were their sitting died on the field. This year they designed a simple driver station that would stop that from happening again. They put foam around the ethernet, and joy stick controller plugs so that any impact or small movement wouldn't unplug the cables.

Also another thing that we liked this year was that we put a strap on it, that way we don't have to hold it, it is just being held by a strap around your neck. We used a guitar strap for ours, and it works really well.
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