[MaxMax161]

The way we do super shifters is pneumatics and a high gear/low gear button. So when the button is pressed they are in high gear and when it is not they are in low gear. It's really easy to program.

Our drivers like this because it gives them total control over the speed and pushing power of the bot. Also I'm no mechanical person but I would imagine their some times when you would want to shift in to high gear before accelerating so you accelerate faster, as opposed to waiting for 1st gear to reach it's full speed.

As for my personal opinion I would rather be a driver and have manual shifting that I can have now to practice with then to have automatic shifting later. That said even if time wasn't a factor I would still rather have manual shifting then automatic shifting.