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Re: Driver station components for 2015

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Originally Posted by virtuald View Post
We use a laptop with a touchscreen for robot controls.
Using a touch screen as a robot control device strikes me as being less inconvenient than using a mouse, but only slightly. You still need to take your attention off the robot in order to take an action. I believe physical switches and buttons and knobs are much more appropriate, because you can use them by feel rather than by sight.