← Back to context Comment by EddieJLSH 3 years ago US UAV/Drones use xbox controllers too 5 comments EddieJLSH Reply mey 3 years ago There was video floating around of a machine gun turret being remote controlled using the Valve Steamdeck in Ukraine.https://www.tomshardware.com/news/steam-deck-controls-a-real...Edit: consumer joysticks normally use potentiometers, which aren't great for deadzones/drift. For things like dust incursion reasons along it would make sense for any industrial/military device to be using hall effect based joysticks. Accujack 3 years ago The more modern ones use hall sensor based sticks. Most new RC transmitter designs have 'em. numpad0 3 years ago Valve donated few of those for kids. Most likely one of those units, than purposefully chosen. MSFT_Edging 3 years ago Unmanned, if anything a controller failing will save some lives. giantg2 3 years ago Unmanned, and they have logic to autopilot in most cases.
mey 3 years ago There was video floating around of a machine gun turret being remote controlled using the Valve Steamdeck in Ukraine.https://www.tomshardware.com/news/steam-deck-controls-a-real...Edit: consumer joysticks normally use potentiometers, which aren't great for deadzones/drift. For things like dust incursion reasons along it would make sense for any industrial/military device to be using hall effect based joysticks. Accujack 3 years ago The more modern ones use hall sensor based sticks. Most new RC transmitter designs have 'em. numpad0 3 years ago Valve donated few of those for kids. Most likely one of those units, than purposefully chosen.
Accujack 3 years ago The more modern ones use hall sensor based sticks. Most new RC transmitter designs have 'em.
numpad0 3 years ago Valve donated few of those for kids. Most likely one of those units, than purposefully chosen.
There was video floating around of a machine gun turret being remote controlled using the Valve Steamdeck in Ukraine.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/steam-deck-controls-a-real...
Edit: consumer joysticks normally use potentiometers, which aren't great for deadzones/drift. For things like dust incursion reasons along it would make sense for any industrial/military device to be using hall effect based joysticks.
The more modern ones use hall sensor based sticks. Most new RC transmitter designs have 'em.
Valve donated few of those for kids. Most likely one of those units, than purposefully chosen.
Unmanned, if anything a controller failing will save some lives.
Unmanned, and they have logic to autopilot in most cases.