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Originally Posted by Waste
hey all. im the team captain from newtown h.s, and this is our first year doing first. im really excited about the competition and naturally as any rookie i got tons of questions. my first major problem is the amount of joysticks being used. i tried searching the forums and ive gone through the rule book and unless im blind and missed the answer, it just wasnt there. so, if anyone could help out, how many joysticks are being used to control the robot? and are we allowed to change the amount of joysticks we use? thx everyone  |
Not that you asked this, but depending on the design our drivers have always found it handy to have several panic buttons on the control panel besides the joysticks and joystick buttons.
The "panic buttons" cause the robot to reset to some predetermined config. For example if you have a lift arm this year, one button could reset the arm angles to the grab tetra position (low) for instance. We found this to be helpful to have a big red button on the panel instead of remembering that button 3 on the joystick will do the same thing. In the panic of the competition it is good to have a few simple control points.
I will also second the other answer on changing joysticks and number of joysticks.