05-03-2015 23:51

asid61

Re: pic: Banana for scale

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What's the big red button for? Are you using all of those buttons?

06-03-2015 00:06

GeeTwo

Re: pic: Banana for scale

That's only 11 buttons; one of our early UI designs had about that many. We eventually simplified so we can get it on an xBox controller.

My guess (not that I think I'm right, but just making the point that you can use this many buttons) is that the five white buttons are for lift levels, the big red is cancel or all stop, lower right is "score" (lower the lift until it disengages, possibly sensed by current draw), lower left black is pick up a tote, top black is pick up an RC, and the greens are to place those pieces atop a tote, and maybe pick up the bigger stack.

06-03-2015 00:40

audietron

Re: pic: Banana for scale

You are pretty close, I didn't think of "score" as a button, but now I might make that a thing, which would be opening both of our grabbers to release the stack.
The white buttons are levels. but a bit different. We programmed them for auto stacking. for example the bottom button will go to tote level 2 and drop down to the bottom tote and go back to level 2. second button does the same thing but for 3 to 2. the third button just lifts the totes to the level of the coop stack with one tote already on the step. the green and black buttons are for Manuel up-down on the elevator and in and out on our intake. The big red button is to open the intake because it fits in the palm really well and be able to reach the rest of the buttons. There are 2 more buttons around the side. one is a rocker switch for switching elevator speeds and the other opens our second grabber.

06-03-2015 08:41

Jonathan Ryan

Re: pic: Banana for scale

http://i.imgur.com/0fI0d16.png

06-03-2015 10:12

Fields

Re: pic: Banana for scale

Hilarious!

06-03-2015 14:46

chapman1

Re: pic: Banana for scale

Some may have missed the humor, but as a geologist, I truly appreciate the "banana for scale" reference. Thanks!

06-03-2015 19:38

Retired Starman

Re: pic: Banana for scale

Also in case you missed it, bananas were used as scale objects on the field build assembly plans this year. See if you can find them all!

06-03-2015 20:51

g_sawchuk

Re: pic: Banana for scale

Wow, nice and slick driver station. I'm loving the big red button.

08-03-2015 17:19

chapman1

Re: pic: Banana for scale

Yeah, that's the "Easy" button, right? We need one of those as well.

08-03-2015 17:28

Al Skierkiewicz

Re: pic: Banana for scale

Is that an FRC Standard Banana or an ANSI Standard Banana?

08-03-2015 23:22

Retired Starman

Re: pic: Banana for scale

It's only an FRC Standard Banana if it meets all the rules in Section R and has an inspection sticker on it!

08-03-2015 23:46

GeeTwo

Re: pic: Banana for scale

You probably think this is a joke, but I understand that the EU forbids "abnormally curved bananas".