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Originally Posted by Thad House
R84 Prohibits using wireless communications to and from the driver station as well.
If you want a way to communicate, you can put a camera on the robot on the robot, and track a drivers hands or something they are wearing from the robot itself.
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If there is a camera on the robot, it would received "signals." How would you judge the legality of each of the following (assuming a camera on the robot and we're in Teleop)?
1. Simple hand gestures.
2. Hand gestures using colored gloves to make tracking easier.
3. A set of cards with QR codes on them.
4. A flashlight to make tracking easier.
5. A laser pointer.
6. Manually blinking the flashlight or laser pointer.
7. Automatically blinking the flashlight or laser pointer.
8. An IR "flashlight" as in #4.
9. Manually blinking the IR "flashlight."
10. Automatically blinking the IR "flashlight."
In R51, the focus seems to be on WiFi/BT. I've always assumed this was for the purpose of positive control by the FMS and to avoid interference. Same for R84. Otherwise, all "signals" would be prohibited, including simple hand signals to a robot-mounted camera. Even an automated targeting system not specifically designed to work with a games vision targets could be construed as illegal under the strictest interpretation.