Material for Operator Interface

FIRST General Forum
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Posted by Matt Berube at 1/16/2001 1:09 PM EST

Engineer on team #49, Delphi Knights, from Buena Vista High School and Delphi Automotive.

Am I missing something?

I think I remember that in previous years we were allowed to use almost any materials to create the operator interface that the driver uses to control the robot.

I looked at the rules several times and I don’t see any mention of that this year. Did I miss it or do we have to use the same material limitations as we do for building the robot itself?

Thanks,
Matt B.
T49

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Posted by Matt Leese at 1/16/2001 1:23 PM EST

Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.

In Reply to: Material for Operator Interface
Posted by Matt Berube on 1/16/2001 1:09 PM EST:

That question was asked in one of the Team Updates. I believe it was Update 3 if I’m not mistaken. The answer (and this is off the top of my head so it might not be quite right) was that you can use what ever you like for mounting purposes but any electrical part of the OI has to be from the additonal hardware list, etc.

Matt

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Posted by Matt Berube at 1/16/2001 1:48 PM EST

Engineer on team #49, Delphi Knights, from Buena Vista High School and Delphi Automotive.

In Reply to: Re: Material for Operator Interface
Posted by Matt Leese on 1/16/2001 1:23 PM EST:

Thanks! (EOM)

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Posted by Ken Leung at 1/16/2001 2:01 PM EST

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

In Reply to: Re: Material for Operator Interface
Posted by Matt Leese on 1/16/2001 1:23 PM EST:

: That question was asked in one of the Team Updates. I believe it was Update 3 if I’m not mistaken. The answer (and this is off the top of my head so it might not be quite right) was that you can use what ever you like for mounting purposes but any electrical part of the OI has to be from the additonal hardware list, etc.

: Matt

As long as what you are doing to the controller don’t modify the electronics part or damage them. You can pretty much do whatever you want to the controller. Last year, we end up mounting the handle on the joystick body, flip the joystick upside down, put a spinning wheel on top, made it looked like one of those race car sports game controller. Everyone who saw it wished they had one…

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Posted by Jessica Boucher at 1/16/2001 2:16 PM EST

Student on team #237, Sie-H2O-Bots, from Watertown High School and Eastern Awning Systems & The Siemon Company.

In Reply to: Re: Material for Operator Interface
Posted by Ken Leung on 1/16/2001 2:01 PM EST:

Also, along those same lines as Ken was saying…

Quoting from Team Update #4:

“C28. The joysticks may be modified (rewired, dissassembled, cut, etc.) in order to use the potentiometers & switches in a different manner. If by modifying the joystick you end up breaking it or destroying it, you will not be provided with a replacement.”

Can’t wait to see what you come up with :wink:

-Jessica B, #237