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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/Invitation to Beta test the New Control System

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Originally Posted by Mr. Freeman View Post
Giving the new system to the new teams early might be a better idea. The way it is now, the veteran teams selected for this program aren't going to run into problems because they've been given the system early. Rookie teams are going to have to learn the system as well as go through every other problem rookie teams face programming-wise (such as how to program).

I'm not sure how many bugs veteran teams are going to find in this system anyway. Isn't this just a small version of what NASA used on the mars rovers? (If not then someone correct me) I think NASA and NI would have already found any big problems with this system.

The veteran teams are going to help other teams learn how to use this system, but aren't they still put at an advantage?
This is the same hardware, but the software libraries for both LabVIEW and C++ are totally new, so they will need to be debugged.


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Originally Posted by Kims Robot View Post
Silly question... where did the number of 15 units come from? Best I can tell Cory was just throwing a number out there, as I dont see it officially anywhere... and before people get too bent up about it, I was wondering if I missed it somewhere...
According to an NI employee over at the booth by the demo robot at NI Week, they will be shipping 20 systems out to beta teams. Of course, this is not official, this is just what I heard.
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