[BigJ]

We decided that dead reckoning would be enough for this year given that the autonomous period is not very dynamic. Although our encoder code is done, we have had hardware problems and they are not on yet. Thankfully, our robot it pretty balanced and drives very straight. We didn't get an auto-mode in until yesterday in WI and it only scored once (in a somewhat humorous fashion), but will have one that should score pretty consistently week 4 in Midwest.

Given the hardware issues are fixed, the timing to approach will be changed to distance and a gyro would be added for turning around and getting ready. I don't think our robot functions act quickly enough to attempt a double-tube in 15 seconds.