FTC- no NXT, no Robot-C, no samantha

[ehochstein]

I'm super excited for the new control system! FIRST is really going open-source with FTC. I love the changes they've made over the last few year.

Originally Posted by gblake

My point is that we don't need two parallel discussions of a single topic.

Maybe a moderator can merge the two threads into a single thread for us.

The other thread is to discuss the possibility of a new control system and is in a sub-form. This is an announcement about the new control system for the entire FIRST community to see.

[BenDSterling]

Originally Posted by ehochstein

The other thread is to discuss the possibility of a new control system and is in a sub-form. This is an announcement about the new control system for the entire FIRST community to see.

^^^^^

[BenDSterling]

Originally Posted by ehochstein

I'm super excited for the new control system! FIRST is really going open-source with FTC. I love the changes they've made over the last few year

Same here! I can't wait to play around with the new system!

[Loose Screw]

I think cutting off communications as the match ends will be very hard to get used to at first (especially for Jr. High teams), but will improve as the season goes on. My immediate thought was to include that cutoff into drive practice, and even have the drive coach count down the last ten seconds (I coach a Jr. High team).

I'll be excited to see a wide variety of driver stations. One of the things I loved as a driver in FRC was seeing all the different driver stations (910's water-cut and underglow station with arcade buttons comes to mind). This might make transporting the robot easier to and from matches as many teams might use their robot cart as their driver station.

I'll be interested in how they make autonomous mode synchronized, but I have faith that it'll turn out fine.

I'm probably most excited for the new sensors. Our team has struggled with using sensors in the past, so this will give us a clean slate to start with. Some of the LEGO sensors weren't that reliable (ultrasonic randomly spazzing out, not reading the same values in the exact same setup, ect). It's one of my goals to have my kids test every sensor to know the limits and applications.

I think this next season will be very exciting, and will help expand the FTC community to better match the FRC program.

[BenDSterling]

Originally Posted by Loose Screw

I'll be excited to see a wide variety of driver stations. One of the things I loved as a driver in FRC was seeing all the different driver stations (910's water-cut and underglow station with arcade buttons comes to mind). This might make transporting the robot easier to and from matches as many teams might use their robot cart as their driver station

Same. I think we will be some pretty cool driver stations next season. I like the idea of using your cart as a driver station.

[gblake]

Originally Posted by ehochstein

The other thread is to discuss the possibility of a new control system and is in a sub-form. This is an announcement about the new control system for the entire FIRST community to see.

I think you mean the entire Chief Delphi community.

The Chief Delphi community includes RECF program fans, FIRST fans, and others (and none of those are mutually exclusive). If you will let me paint with a broad brush, I think they are all interested in this topic.