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Originally Posted by Arhowk
No. Since you can't use controllers to control the robot during autonomous, the driver was tracked via Kinect and various body movements translated to various machine functions (e.g. hand push would be shoot, jedi force touch would be move, etc.)
This is now illegal due to Cheezy Vision, in which a similar technique was used to tell the robot which goal was hot. It "isn't in the spirit of autonomous mode"
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Other stories from an alternative FRC history:
- A single 1992 corn kernel is mailed to every FIRST supporter who donates more than $50
- The first robot to demonstrate bumpers before they were made mandatory also originally sported "shoulder pads" and "shin guards," but these had to be removed to make weight
- A 2007 "rack" was repurposed as a swingset in a central Manchester playground
(Yes, Kinect was a legitimate part of the game, but most teams didn't use it. 254 was poking fun at an element of the 2012 game design that seemed to be an afterthought. See 2012 game manual for more information.)