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Functional
Posted by Ken Leung at 2/3/2001 3:31 PM EST
Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.
In Reply to: Functional
Posted by Joe Johnson on 2/2/2001 10:21 PM EST:
: I vote that force feedback for the drivers are
: functional devices and would not be legal. They serve
: the function of helping the drivers drive.
: Any other opinions?
: Joe J.
I agree totally. Being a driver last year, there are certain things on the field that's even ground for all drivers... such as relying on sight and sound, and we determine what our actions are going to be, based on those two factor.
Now, if forcefeed back are on the juystick, than that kinda change the driving style. Suddenly there is this third factor in the control that help the driver determine what's going on in the field.
What if, let's say, there is an arm on the robot, and there are mechanical as well as electronic device to help it from knocking into the robot's body. Well, with force feed back, it can vibrate once the arm is near the body, and the driver will know when to stop without having to see the robot.
This will be much easier than putting lots of limit switches along the path, and use the software to slow the arm down, while the driver is trying to look around other robot to see if the arm is slowing down or something is happening.
I am sure forcefeedback is nice and fun, but I can't say it's a non-functional feature.
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