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Re: How are you going to operate you're robot?

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Originally Posted by ay2b View Post
Our current plan (subject to change) is to have only 1 driver, along with the HP, a student tactician, and the coach. The driver will use an XBOX controller -- 1 JS to drive, the A/B/X/Y buttons for floor/lower/middle/upper, and the triggers for open/close. We'll also have two buttons on the OI board which must be pressed simultaneously to deploy the ramps.
That is awesome. Is'nt freedom and choice great.

I would like to see this.... done with a joystick.

My question is why do you need any buttons on the O/I? You still have 6 more buttons available to you on the Xbox-controller. You could impliment the same logic using those.
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