Team Update #3

[EricH]

Originally Posted by jgannon

I have to disagree with you on this one, Eric, if I'm understanding 1075guy's post correctly. There is no rule to say that the robot can't start acting at the beginning of the match without a signal from the Robocoach (obviously, since this would disallow full autonomy). If the Robocoach pushes a button, then it will do something different. It will do the same thing every time you push that button, regardless of when you push it. This satisfies the requirements as I understand them. As such, in some sense you can think of this as five actions: a default, and a response to each button. I suspect that many teams will have "do nothing" as their default action, but I also imagine that there will be a number of teams who will start moving at the beginning of the match before the Robocoach presses a button, and they will do so legally.

Now that I look again, you're right. Gary (below) would also be right.

For example, if your default was "drive straight" and every button had a "after x action, default" (or just "drive straight"), I would say that is legal.

What I thought he said was "I do nothing for x seconds and have that as a command." That is having more than one command, unless you have a default.

Maybe any team using a default should put the default action at the top of their card with a note that "the robot will do this unless I tell it to do otherwise."

[Elgin Clock]

From the following page:
http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc...nt.aspx?id=482

Briweld Industries - Practice Driver station kits

is not a valid link.

[Mr MOE]

GDC - thanks for the clarification.

When I read the fourth paragraph of Team Update #3, I could almost hear it being read by the folks in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

"The number of commands shall be FOUR. The associated number of actions shall be FOUR. FIVE is RIGHT OUT!"

Thus speaks the GDC on the usage of the Holy RoboRemote.