Operator Board Size Limitations??

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Posted by Ken Leung at 2/11/2001 4:58 AM EST


Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.


In Reply to: Re: Operator Board Size Limitations??
Posted by Peter Zobel on 2/11/2001 12:46 AM EST:



:But what do I know - we're just rookies.

What do you mean you are just rookies? Never underestimate yourself about what you know... past experience told me that rookie teams know just as much as any veteran teams do, the only difference is that rookie teams doesn't have as many experience, that's all.

But back to the question about operator control board... Pretty much the size should not be an issue if you keep it under your team's space on the player station. And it's not big issue for FIRST either, because most teams do not have any huge operator control board. As long as the board doesn't damage the station you will be fine.

You just want to make sure it's flat and small enough to be on the table, and at the right height for the driver to use them comfortably. You never want to make too big of a board that will hang off the table all the time. Worst come the worst, you can just have the drivers hold the joystick.

Hmm... this year you might need to watch out for the stop button on the table. Make sure the board fit with the button.