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Originally Posted by davidthefat
Oh I assumed due to the very low requirements for running such software that the classmate would have been sufficient to use.
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That's likely a valid assumption, but I think there are other assumptions you're making that aren't nearly as good. When logged in as the Driver user, it doen't easily have the option of running arbitrary programs. The keyboard and trackpad are simply unsuited to such on-the-go use. Most importantly, though, the Classmate is needed for running the robot. It can't be taken from that task during strategy planning.
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My team never did such planning, just talked it over with the alliance. My coach once told us that its not about the X's and O's but Bills and Joes. The coach can make all the best plays and the best strategies, but its really up to the players, driver for this situation, to pull it off.
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I suggest that you take the opportunity to watch some of the "powerhouse" teams in action before their matches at the next competition you attend. Deciding on a strategic plan for each specific match is an important part of being an effective alliance. If you leave it up to the drivers to decide what to do, there won't be anywhere near the coordinated action necessary to play well against an alliance that does have an overall plan.
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I don't know about you, but even with planning, everything goes up in the air once you actually start. Its so unpredictable during the game.
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That's why it makes sense to establish strategic roles for each robot in advance. That way the drivers have a clear task to work on even in the middle of what seems like total chaos.
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I mean, but if its boards that float your boat, go for it. I guess I am just the new generation that sees the boards as "old school" (Take no offense, like 20 years from now, kids will be laughing at our super computers)
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If you want to spend your limited programming resources to reproduce on a computer what can easily be done better with a power-independent, larger, lighter, and cheaper whiteboard, that's up to you, but...
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Originally Posted by Chris is me
I guess you could do it with an iPad / Classmate, but a lot of the stuff I use a strategy board for is for non-playbook strategies - drawing arrows between bots, scribbling out autonomous modes, et cetera. It would require a much higher investment than a marker and a handful of magnets to make software do what's being sought here.
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...Yeah, what he said.