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Originally Posted by Jeff Waegelin
A great one I saw once said that teams would not be allowed to use wheels. Needless to say, that would throw everybody off just a little bit...
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Pfft, what would throw more people off is that it has to be self-balancing. Two wheeled robots only!
PID loops here we come!
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Originally Posted by RyanN
I think you may be onto something... I know for a fact that they are changing the control system next year, I would would venture to say that Microsoft may be a good bet. I've read that the new Windows 7 kernel is a lot leaner than the Windows 6 kernel (the one Vista is built on top of). Microsoft did just come out with its Robot Studio software. I don't believe IFI will be supplying the controllers next year (I believe this because they have not come up with anything new for 2 years now).
By the way, I'm just kidding...
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While I know you are kidding, the fact is that it might not be that far from the truth. It is in FIRST's best interest to keep innovating, and they can do this through changing to a different hardware based kit for control.
While I believe FIRST has done a great job with regards to the control system it uses now, the ease of programming (especially with EasyC), and other such items. I do think it would provide an entirely new competition if they changed the systems to one that all teams are not familiar with. That way it is harder to take old code and use it on the new bot, at least without significant modifications.