Today, news has been released announcing that FIRST is partnering with Microsoft to ship the Xbox 360′s KINECT as part of the basic kit for this year’s upcoming game!

“Kinect for Xbox 360 to be used with Robots in Autonomous Mode. The addition of Kinect for Xbox 360 will allow the competitors to “be the robot,” using a natural user interface to control and interact with their robots with gestures, without the need to use a joystick, game controller, or other input device. They will be able to either program their robots to respond to their own custom gestures made by their human teammates, or use default code and gestures. (Source)

This is huge news, as we can start brainstorming some ideas ahead of time! Don’t forget Argos! We will meet every Monday and Wednesday in November, starting Wednesday November 2, at Limestone Community High School! For directions to Limestone, look here.