[EricH]

Originally Posted by AlexBrinister

But now that I look at rule 94:

R94
Other than the system provided by the ARENA, no other form of wireless communications shall be used to communicate to, from, or within the OPERATOR CONSOLE.


Examples of prohibited wireless systems include, but are not limited to, active wireless network cards and Bluetooth devices. For the case of FRC, a motion sensing input device (e.g. Microsoft Kinect) is not considered wireless communication and is allowed.

So if the Kinect is legal, is the Wii Remote then also legal?

What is the difference between a Kinect and a WiiMote?

For a comparison, let's use an XBox wireless controller instead of a WiiMote. Same console as a Kinect... but when you're using the Kinect, where is it, how is it connected, and what is moving? When you're using the XBox controller, where is it, how is it connected, and what is moving?





Now that you've thought about that for a minute, the answers for the Kinect are that it's on a flat surface near the console (or on the console), it's wired to the console, and you the player are moving to control the game. For the XBox controller, it's in your hands, it's wirelessly connected to the console, and you are moving the controls and/or controller to control the game.

Now replace the XBox controller with the Wii Remote again.

Both are illegal--remember, I specifically called for a wireless XBox controller. But... what if I plug in the wireless XBox controller and disable the wireless function? Now I have a legal configuration for controlling the robot.