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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
What advantages would controlling your robot with a wiimote grant? It seems like an impractical solution that doesn't really offer any advantages over simpler solutions.
The driving of your robot (I assume) would be driven by the joystick on the nun-chuck, which would be virtually identical to driving your robot with a single joystick on an XBox/360, PS2/3, or PC controller.
I assume you'd use the motion sensing to control the robot's manipulator, probably most adaptable to an arm-type system. While it offers a different style of control and a more compact system than systems like this one, it doesn't seem like it would offer any greater levels of control or major advantages in speed or accuracy of your arm over similar control styles. While true, it is often hard to find a robot-centric control style for manipulators (rather than operator-centric), this solution is more complex than other possibilities (such as the earlier example, a touchscreen, or model arm). |
I think you're entirely missing the point, don't lecture him on the impracticalities (he already admitted them).... It's just cool.