Is this controller legal?

[iambujo]

I'm so used to Facebook, I was looking for the "Like" button on this one.

This is both awesome and ridiculous at the same time.

[engunneer]

You're going to have to deal with a few other technical issues to use one of those. It uses a sensor bar (kind of like the wii, but with 3 points instead of 2). The accuracy was not fantastic, and the bend switches in the fingers are touchy. You need to be more than a few feet from the sensor bar to get it to read properly.

A usb adaptor to make it act like a normal joystick should not be impossible, but it will need thorough testing.

Do you already have a glove? I sold mine ages ago.

Great idea though.

[BigJ]

If you're gonna do it, (I assume it uses an NES port), I implore you to make your own NES-USB adapter and not cut up the wiring on the Power Glove. There are a limited amount of Power Gloves left on earth! I feel like they should be an endangered species.

[philso]

How about one of these?

http://emotiv.com/store/hardware/epo...-neuroheadset/


Your drivers could spend the entire match sharing bags of popcorn while racking up the points.

[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by philso

How about one of these?

http://emotiv.com/store/hardware/epo...-neuroheadset/


Your drivers could spend the entire match sharing bags of popcorn while racking up the points.

Those are extremely sensitive stress and they're not really very accurate.

[NelsonMichael]

We did this for Logomotion. We made a custom "arm" that a student would strap on to his own. He would wear it during autonomous and hold the plug in one hand. Once the teleop portion of the match started he would then plug it in and use the arm to control our arm and jaw-like-thing.
We did have to have some code (as you probably assumed) stopping the arm from freaking out that there is no input device connected. It was some simple like. If "custom arm" wasn't plugged in, use the joystick. Now getting the computer to recognize whether it's plugged in or not is a different story, but we might have done things the long and hard way haha.

Goodluck! It's always nice to see teams use some other means of controlling the robot other than 2 Joysticks/1 Gamepad.

[bgg]

How about a competition for coming up with the most fun, weirdest, or funkiest controller using this device:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfQqh7iCcOU

[philso]

Originally Posted by bgg

How about a competition for coming up with the most fun, weirdest, or funkiest controller using this device:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfQqh7iCcOU

Is there room to fit a sufficient number of tubs of water in each alliance station area?

[nathannfm]

Originally Posted by philso

Is there room to fit a sufficient number of tubs of water in each alliance station area?

FIRST won't give us a water game? MAKE YOUR OWN!
While wearing this of course http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2414.htm

[annie1939]

That would give us the "water" game we are all looking for: however, wouldn't bananas be more appropriate since we are supposed to be climbing the pyramid like monkeys? The main problem would be the extra time required between matches to clean the driver stations of banana goo.

[philso]

Originally Posted by annie1939

That would give us the "water" game we are all looking for: however, wouldn't bananas be more appropriate since we are supposed to be climbing the pyramid like monkeys? The main problem would be the extra time required between matches to clean the driver stations of banana goo.

What kind of wheels would give the best traction on banana peels?

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by philso

What kind of wheels would give the best traction on banana peels?

Very very cold ones.

[bgg]

We were thinking of using the official team snack of Mellow Yellow, Takis, and potted meat to control the shooter. Still have to research if Makey Makey is HID.

[jmiller18]

Although this isnt legal, how cool would it be to use an eeg to control your robot

http://www.emotiv.com/