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Originally Posted by dlavery
Joe raises a great point and accurately illustrates how easy it would be to create an Operator Interface is USB devices were supported. And that is exactly the problem that I have with this whole idea. When we get to the point that creating the OI for our robots is just a matter of picking a gamepad out of a pile and plugging it in, then I think we have lost something very important.
OK, right up front I will admit that I am probably in a shrinking minority within the FIRST community. But there are those of us that are very concerned that the kit of parts contents, the structure of the rules, and the "easier is better" philosophy is taking too much of the challenge out of FIRST. Removing too much of the challenge removes too much of the accomplishment when you solve the problem. Removing too much of the challenge removes too much of the innovation in the solutions. And, perhaps most important, removing too much of the challenge removes too much of the fun.
-dave
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I have to agree with you for this matter. FIRST is about learning new things, and using your brain and being creative. If this was, for lack of better words, a "Plug and Play" oppratunity, than I doubt some teams would even use any extras besides the Joysticks and stuff and just Put the Transmitter/OI on a board. When you make the board like the team at nationals did, wth the playstation2 controllers, you actually Learn something, which is part of the spirit of first. I hope IFI does not change too much. I believe it is against what first stands for and what it represents.
Pavan.