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Originally Posted by Battering_Ram
I have been driving two years (171) and we have had tank drive both years. I really like this because it isolates the two sides of bot. But I will admit that I want to try the halo style so i will email my programmer right away. In my opinion I believe the one joystick is cramming to much onto one contoller, I'd rather isolate and have more precision(imo). But variety is the spice of life so I think its great how everyone does something different.
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I have been involved on team 171 since the 1998 build season and to my knowledge, we have always done two independent joysticks with skid steer/tank style control. We have always had 2 operators. One operator is in sole control of driving and the second operator is in control of nearly all motor functions of the robot. I know that this can be tougher for some teams, but if your operators are in tune with each other, this can prove to be very efficient. It allows each of the operators to focus on a specific area of the competition and it removes some delays that may happen with other control styles.
Please keep in mind that I am not intending to bash any single joystick control system or any other very innovative control systems. I am only stating how we have done our robots in the past and the reasons behind our choices.