Creative uses for the USB Port

Originally Posted by Cyberguy34000

First thought that came to my mind...

Dance Dance Revolution!

Show off your killer robot and your mad dancing skills all at once! Keep the rhythm in your feet as your robot flies 'round the field, danc'n to da beat!

Break it doooown!

Now that would be funny!

their would be so many possibilities and you may only need 1 driver/operator

If that is the case, is there anything helpful we could use the second driver for? It was probably left in the rules in case someone did want to use old system, but maybe there could be a potential advantage to be gained...

[Travis Hoffman]

USB Chicklet User's Guide on IFIrobotics.com

There is a supported devices list - the XBOX360 controller is one such device.

Here is the thread that discusses this device in more detail.

[NeedMoreEngines]

A GUITAR HERO CONTROLLER!! come on how cool would that be.

To move the robot you play Smoke on the Water and to operate the arm you play the riff from Crazy Train.

The whammy bar can be the claw grabber.

And to make the robot spontaneously combust you play any Dragonforce solo.

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by NeedMoreEngines

A GUITAR HERO CONTROLLER!! come on how cool would that be.

To move the robot you play Smoke on the Water and to operate the arm you play the riff from Crazy Train.

The whammy bar can be the claw grabber.

And to make the robot spontaneously combust you play any Dragonforce solo.

I was talking about that with my sister. lol.

And a couple of years ago we had a bunch of joke ways to control the robot. Like guitar, keyboard, beatboxing, and my favorite, turn tables.

That's right. You scratch records to drive your robot. Haha. So good.

[JamesBrown]

Keep in mind that you are still limited in as to how many buttons are available to you even though you are plugging into usb it is really still limited by gamport capabilities.

[Arkorobotics]

A PS3 controller would be nice! It has USB!

[Red Mage]

The PS2 Eye Toy, that'd be great.

[xMarkThePiratex]

one 3 letter word...

WII

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[Trample-Bot]

our team is thinking about the wired 360 controller.... it seems like a much better idea than tryig to fiddle with multipe joysticks and multiple drivers controlling different parts of the robot

[Denman625]

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And to make the robot spontaneously combust you play any Dragonforce solo. 


haha, heck yes... Dragonforce! i think guitar hero would be a sweet controller but the first thought that came to my mind was DDR mats... just for some random capabilities ya know? that would be saweeeeet

[Noah Kleinberg]

Originally Posted by Dianna Bartone

If that is the case, is there anything helpful we could use the second driver for? It was probably left in the rules in case someone did want to use old system, but maybe there could be a potential advantage to be gained...

The second driver can pass tubes to the human player if you find that that helps. Probably because you can only hold one tube on the robot at once, the human player won't really be rushed. The second driver could also help to coach the main driver, or help communicate from your drive team to the other drive teams on your alliance

[IA-Howitzer]

Thats the best idea ever! We could have mad dance offs and robotics in one!

[Matt H.]

The problem with using items such as an Xbox360 controller or a PS3 controller is that while you have a USB interface it is still limited by the amount of data transfer offered by the game port. An USB device will have its functions limited by this lack of transfer power. It will only be possible for a user to define several buttons and joy sticks as specified on the USB Chicklets website.

[Sidney San Martín]

Originally Posted by CBailey

their would be so many possibilities and you may only need 1 driver/operator

With creative control design, it's always been possible to have one driver. FIRST allows two so that they can share the task of controlling the robot, not operating it. Two minds are better.

[KevinH]

With creative control design, it's always been possible to have one driver. FIRST allows two so that they can share the task of controlling the robot, not operating it. Two minds are better.

/agree, especially given the complexity of this years scoring, keeping track of 5 robots beyond your own and general FoV issues, there's a lot to be lost in trying to have only one person responsible for controlling the robot.