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Enabling Technology
Posted by Dodd Stacy.
Engineer on team #95, Lebanon Robotics Team, from Lebanon High School and CRREL/CREARE.
Posted on 7/7/99 8:01 AM MST
In Reply to: Dean and BEI posted by Joe Johnson on 7/6/99 9:20 PM MST:
: Joe,
The gyro chip is an addition to the kit that is truely enabling technology. We can now do things that were impossible or at least impractical (ok, or just real hard) to do before, like Dean's magic balancing standup chair. The introduction of the gyro chip to the kit caught many of us flat footed this year, and the learning curve limited how much use was made of the chips' capabilities in the '99 robots. I apologize for slighting those teams who successfully applied the chip in '99, but the uses may not have been highly visible - it's hard to see all the great stuff that shows up. Maybe teams who did could share what they did with the gyros (if not necessarily HOW)? I sincerely hope that you and Eric will follow up your outstanding work and insure that this component shows up in next year's kit. I guarantee we will see some amazing applications in 2000! Hats off to you both.
Dodd
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