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Has anyone tried building FRC waldos lately?
Waldos/Waldoes = Heinlein reference
The devices and software needed on the human side of the interfaces have been steadily getting smaller, more accurate, easier to use, and *cheaper*.
YouTube video of an example Full arm, plus hand and fingers mimicked by the movements of a (software-only) virtual person.
I'm curious if this sort of thing (which has been tried in the past, but was typically a novelty and not at all mainstream) is becoming more common in FRC robots, either as a way to steer/drive the robot, or as a way to control "manipulators".
Has using these sorts of human-machine integrations become the default for any teams?
For teams that have tried creating waldo-style FRC bots, but have now stopped, what were the reasons for stopping?
Blake
PS: I realize that FRC bots *don't* have have a zillion little motors to use mimicking the dexterity of a human hand. I'm thinking about how the motors that are on the robot, however few that might be, are controlled.
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