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Originally Posted by Sixis
IR/ ultrasonic sensors, additional touch sensors, pressure sensors, bluetooth modules (or other forms of wireless communication in addition to the gaming adapter to give the driver more feedback on the robot), Servos/ different motors, and other microcontrollers/ controllers in general. Originally i wanted to set up a circuit running in parallel with the CRIO that could micromanage different aspects of the cometition. For instance ball placement/ detection, aiming, detecting/ avoiding other robots, anything that would make the robot (since it is supposed to be a robot) "smarter".
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You can use IR and Ultrasonic sensors, as well additional touch and pressure sensors.
There is a ton of bandwidth through the gaming adapter that you can use for additional feedback. Other micro controllers can be used in parallel with the cRIO, however the cRIO has plenty of processing power to handle all of those sensors.
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Originally Posted by Sixis
As for what you said about AM, i didn't necessarily mean that FIRST designed the restrictions around the parts AM already made however, i think AM is the only site that sells a majority of chassis parts and whatnot (aren't the pieces from the KOP all from andymark?). Additionally i think the only place where you can buy a lot of the electrical components is AM. I would just like to see the rules expanded so that different parts can be used
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The KOP chassis is from Andymark but you don't need to use that chassis, you can make your own or if you can find one off the shelf you could use that.
Theonly real limits FIRST forces upon us is the motor limits, but that makes sense to me, with out these limits established and well funded teams could buy very high end motors that other teams can afford that would give thema big advantage. The motor limits even the playing field.