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Originally Posted by vhcook
Yes.
I suspect that part of the reason the robocoach stations are positioned where they are is to help prevent inter-alliance jamming.
I'm trying to lead our hybrid design in a direction that minimizes our emissions both to avoid adding to the problem and to reduce our vulnerabililty to it.
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Thanks for the reply. Would you be willing to share ideas on this, in the thread? The reason is, we're now initiating the same type of design, BUT it is dependent on what all the other alliance IR emissions are.
I think it will be vital to get the word out to all teams expecting to use IR, that they WILL need to do more than just use a TV remote.
FYI, I believe your alliance may CHOOSE which end of the field your RoboCoach will be stationed at, meaning you could have opponent RoboCoaches beaming IR commands right beside you.
My gut feeling is telling me to do this:
1) Add a lens in front of the IR LED. Make sure it produces a nice parallel beam, that spreads only enough to give some margin of aiming error.
2) Throw bright visible, non-interfering LEDs around the IR LED, so you can see your beam, and know where you're aiming.
3) Make 6 of these, and ask your alliance partners and opponents use them if they haven't already got something cooked up.