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Re: xbox 360 controller installation

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Originally Posted by waialua359 View Post
That is ABSOLUTELY correct. When our batteries were weak or died, our arm last year kept extending and snapped a joint. We had too many close calls, so be sure to either put limit switches on your robot functions this year and/or make sure newly charged batteries are powering it.
My team had a similar problem when the chicklet ran low on battery power except ours without even touching the controller shot off down the hall at full speed with us chasing it trying to shut it down.