Cool Operator Interfaces

[dtape]

i think it is team 1021 or some number around there, but they use a guitar hero controller and a 360 controller

[EmilioM]

Dont forget 1538 - The Holy Cows. They had their OI in a briefcase. They would simply carry it to the driver station, simply open it up, and simply plug it in. (you catch my drift - simplicity) It was very aesthetically pleasing too, what with cow print on the inside and cool blue-lit silver knobs. It was accompanied by a cowprint-clad steering wheel too.

[Grant Cox]

Originally Posted by EmilioM

Dont forget 1538 - The Holy Cows. They had their OI in a briefcase. They would simply carry it to the driver station, simply open it up, and simply plug it in. (you catch my drift - simplicity) It was very aesthetically pleasing too, what with cow print on the inside and cool blue-lit silver knobs. It was accompanied by a cowprint-clad steering wheel too.

That's somewhat similar to ours, we have some heavy duty case with the OI board on top and two PS2 controllers inside the actual case (foam cutouts), just plug in the board, take out the controllers and off you go!

My favorite had to be 1506 at Detroit (I just had to stop and take a picture)

[dtape]

Originally Posted by EmilioM

Dont forget 1538 - The Holy Cows. They had their OI in a briefcase. They would simply carry it to the driver station, simply open it up, and simply plug it in. (you catch my drift - simplicity) It was very aesthetically pleasing too, what with cow print on the inside and cool blue-lit silver knobs. It was accompanied by a cowprint-clad steering wheel too.

our control board was also in a briefcase and our team number was painted on it.

[Adam Shapiro]

I always loved Team 25's arm controller from 2004. That was one of the most creative control systems I've seen. Very much worthy of the Leadership in Control Award it received. For those of you who don't remember, check out page 22 of this pdf.

Two years ago (before the era of the chicklet) we had Xbox controllers to drive our robot. We took them apart, and rewired the buttons and joysticks so that we could use it for our robot. Also the OI was encased in a clear Xbox case. It was awesome, and unfortunately, i am unaware of its current location, esecially since we had to dismantle that years robot (sad).

[EmilioM]

Woah, take a quick peek of team 25's arm controller. They just posted a pic. If anything derves to be called a cool OI, this does. Nice intuitive control.

Heres the link:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/28019?

[Adam Shapiro]

Originally Posted by EmilioM

Woah, take a quick peek of team 25's arm controller. They just posted a pic. If anything derves to be called a cool OI, this does. Nice intuitive control.

Heres the link:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/28019?

Heh, actually I posted that picture. It's their design from 2004 (see my post above). I thought it was strange that I couldn't find it anywhere on CD-Media so I posted the one image I was able to find. It was really a cool design to see iin action.

[Kristian Calhoun]

Originally Posted by Adam Shapiro

Heh, actually I posted that picture. It's their design from 2004 (see my post above). I thought it was strange that I couldn't find it anywhere on CD-Media so I posted the one image I was able to find. It was really a cool design to see in action.

I have to agree that our 2004 robot has the most innovative controller that we've yet implemented. Because it is so easy to use, and is such a nifty feature, we often use it for demos and allow the public to try it out. They find it very cool that whatever movement they make on the scaled model is mimicked by the robot's arm. The most recent appearances of this robot have been at NJIT's Tech Games, and our town's Heritage Day Festival. (See attached.)

[EmilioM]

Originally Posted by Adam Shapiro

Heh, actually I posted that picture. It's their design from 2004 (see my post above). I thought it was strange that I couldn't find it anywhere on CD-Media so I posted the one image I was able to find. It was really a cool design to see iin action.

Haha, sorry... Must give credit where credit is due... Thanks for posting the pic Adam.

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by EmilioM

Dont forget 1538 - The Holy Cows. They had their OI in a briefcase. They would simply carry it to the driver station, simply open it up, and simply plug it in. (you catch my drift - simplicity) It was very aesthetically pleasing too, what with cow print on the inside and cool blue-lit silver knobs. It was accompanied by a cowprint-clad steering wheel too.

You know what would be even simpler (more simple)? An OI that you don't even have to open up.

We simply carry ours up, and simply plug it in. No opening involved.

[EmilioM]

Originally Posted by InfernoX14

You know what would be even simpler (more simple)? An OI that you don't even have to open up.

We simply carry ours up, and simply plug it in. No opening involved.

True true. We have one along those lines... We carry ours over and plug it in just like you... However, pragmaticism aside, the briefcase 1538 had added to the cool-factor in my opinion. Plus, it looked mighty clean

Ps. I believe it is "more simple" But then again I build robots, english isn't necessarily my forte lol.

[rsilverstein]

This is one side of our OI.

We have buttons, switches, and knob.
The other side is on white plastic and has our two joysticks. As you can see, the Computer Display thing is in the middle, seen in clear plastic. We have red neon lights the shine up through there.

It's designed so you can slide the buttons and joysticks out and switch their orientation depending on what side of the field you are lined up on (so the driver is always closest to the center).

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by dtape

i think it is team 1021 or some number around there, but they use a guitar hero controller and a 360 controller

1261 had that.