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Unread 29-01-2005, 14:03
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Re: Drivers

If you have any sort of endefector... you almost always have to have 2 drivers. The base driver must be solely concentrated on moving your bot by the other 5 bots and 9 goals on the field.
I also dislike the idea of two coaches. One coach is the brain of the team. He communicates with the other 2 coaches and his 2 drivers. The only thing another coach would do is cause confusion IMHO. If a only a single driver is required, have the second person available shout out time intervals.. or interpret the coaches directions to the driver. 2 thinking decision making coaches is bad. The strategy must come from one source period.I am not saying that a second person couldn't be used.. timing and robot alerts are great uses. But it is much much much easier when there are 2 drivers for a robot that has a manipulator of any kind. The drivers are just the hands on the floor implementing what the coach says.
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