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Originally Posted by ChrisH
If somebody can generate a "point cloud" of the surfaces of one of the current sitcks, inside and out, I'm pretty sure I can reverse engineer them well enough to create a mirror image model and then turn that into a part. You would have to put all the buttons and such back together yourself though.
A point cloud is a collection of points that represent a surface or surfaces. They are often used in reverse engineering or to translate the designer's hand shaped prototype into a CAD model. I have access to the equipment to build the prototype and CAD. But I do not have access to the sort of scanning equipment required to generate the point cloud. If somebody out there does, and is willing to work co-operatively, then we can solve this problem. If the demand is really high, like 50 or more teams wanting left-handed sticks, then I might just take ours apart and pay somebody to generate the cloud. With some of the laser systems out there, it would just take a few minutes. But if I have to do that, then I will of course require some small compensation.
I have been planning to pursue this anyway, but while the time you can spend working on your robot is limited, the time to work on your OI is not (unless I missed something in the rules). So I have filed this effort under "things to do after the robot ships".
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Ya you can just make a custom controller case by taking one apart and just put all of the buttons and other such stuff back into it mirroring the right one and should work perfectly, unless you sever a connection or something like that. That would look really nice and unique, also if you make it out of aluminum, which would probably be heavier, but also shinier. But good luck trying to find a left handed joy stick.