Thread: RAIV (Redundant Array of Independent Victors)
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Re: RAIV (Redundant Array of Independent Victors)
Well, I was considering setting up a relay to select which motor the victor would be assigned to. By using a spike, we can cut the number of victors that we need in half, thus helping to reduce the weight of the robot. The spike can also serve as protection to prevent both victors from outputting voltage to the motor at once.

I was reading up on the dashboard packet structure earlier today and I think that we should defiantly be able to write something that will give the drivers feedback as to why the bot is responding awkwardly. We have always tried to integrate a laptop into our controller to use with dashboard, but we never got around to it.
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