Shipping

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Why would you want to keep your RC? Unless you have a spare robot to practice with, the RC is of no use to you.
Somone correct me if I am wrong though..

Not quite true... if you have the RC, you can download your code and debug without actually running any motors. This can be helpful for debugging interrupt handlers, for example.

However, your comments about the RC being part of the robot make sense. But then I'm wondering why FIRST would suggest that having the OI and joysticks would allow you to continue code development...

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by WebWader125

However, your comments about the RC being part of the robot make sense. But then I'm wondering why FIRST would suggest that having the OI and joysticks would allow you to continue code development...

Because some teams attempt to build significant capabilities into the OI, and being able to hang on to those parts of the system permits the teams to develop and debug the OI-side software.

But in regard to the original question, the RC and everything else that is going to be on the actual robot (i.e. not at the operators station) has to be shipped in the crate with the robot, and cannot be retained for further development after the ship date.

-dave