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Robotics developers, startups, and resalers furiously shopping for new HID peripherals
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That Logitech joystick model was a staple HID (Human Interface Device) and wireless peripheral for many robotics researchers and corporations. Pairing and range was better than any 2010's Bluetooth, and more compatible than OEM or hobby grade RF controllers. So many ROS projects used those. If both Xbox and PS DualShock controllers get cought amidst similar public ridicule, then we'll have nothing left! ๐ฎ๐
I remember using them in my high school robotics club. And honestly, I think the controller was probably one of the least sketchy things about the sub. Lots of fields use game controllers to handle equipment since they're well designed for that. There were many other things that were far worse.
Was the wireless implementation sketchy at all? I get it's unlikely to be a critical point of failure, since all they need to do is go up which I don't think they control exclusively that way, but just struck me as weird.
Turns out none of this matters if the sub implodes and turns you into the Atlantic ocean