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

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Originally Posted by Mike Copioli View Post
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 implement the same logic using those.
It's intended as a safety measure. Some people are concerned about accidentally deploying the ramp in the middle of the match, so we decided to put the ramp control far away from anything that might accidental get pressed.
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