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Peter
AKA: Peter Hartnett
FRC #1816 ("The Green Machine" (Alumnus))
Team Role: Mechanical
 
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Tethered Drive Team

Is anyone looking to having a fully mobile drive team that simply moves to a spot in the drivers box where they can best see their robot. In talking with some teams that are already in the drivers practice stage it sounds like viability is a major issue with shorter robots (it sounds like ~90% teams fit into this category). I know there are some teams that did it in 2012 with extended Ethernet cables connected to the field and simply having the laptop mounted to the chest of one of the drivers (its been years since I've seen the film, so I can't recall which teams).

Does anybody have input on this concept? Is anyone considering it?

Peter
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