Communicating with Feeder

[ChristopherBuck]

Originally Posted by Joe Schornak

We had issues with cross-field communication in 2009, when we were trying to communicate with our human player on the other side of the field. We tried hand signals initially, but they just devolved into large desperate waves as we tried to get his attention. There's probably going to be too much happening for the feeder to keep an eye on the drivers for the whole game. To make matters worse, the view to and from the driver stations will become obscured as more logo pieces are placed.

Thus, I support on-robot signaling. However, for that classy feel and improved visibility, use neon or LED underlighting colored corresponding to the desired color. It would be fairly intuitive to give a red piece to the robot with bright, flashing red lights.

Good point. Game pieces obscuring alliance station + not looking at each other would equal many problems. So is the general idea to wire a few LEDs to various relays or DIOs on the sidecar?