Chief Delphi - What do you do during autonomous mode?

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Originally Posted by Larry Barello

I wonder, how many folks noticed that you can communicate with the robot via the OI prior to the match? Was that explicitely noted somewhere or did others figure this out while coding and testing?

We didn't use it, but it is obvious that one could "set" the mode (or hints) in the player station before the match starts but after placing the robot onto the field. That is a lot more fun than switching positions after getting set up :)

It does say in the manual that your robot gets data from the OI when the robot is disabled. The only thing different between normal operation and operation just before a match is that any outputs you send from the RC are neutralized. There is still complete communication between the RC and the OI.

This year, we use 4 digital inputs as automode selectors. We can select between 15 different autonomous programs using those 4 inputs. We also use the LEDs on the OI to make sure our joysticks are calibrated before a match.