16-01-2008, 01:28
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Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Rookie Year: 1996
Location: Herndon, VA
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Re: Team Update #3
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Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday
The way I read it, toggling is not allowed. The litmus test was if the robot will do the same thing every time a button is pressed - this is not the case when toggling. Also, it seems to invalidate the example that was given during kickoff, where one button can start the robot moving and the same robot can stop it.
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During the kickoff broadcast the demonstration used a TV remote for which four functions were programmed: "Drive Forward," "Turn Left," "Turn Right," and "Stop." I do not believe that anything in the rules or in the updates invalidate the demonstration.
-dave
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