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Re: why blame the programmers??

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Originally Posted by MAldridge View Post
I remember on specific instance during breakaway that our ball magnet was causing balls to be sucked under the robot. When the drive asked me how to stop the motor on the ball magnet (I was the spotter) I quickly told him to toggle the left throttle and hold buttons 4, 5, 6, and 12 for at least one second. It made sense to me at the time I programed it!
OK, this is amazing. We plan on having our Drive team be all software this year, so we can be like "BAM! This happened." and the pit crew can't protest.
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