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Re: Bill's Blog, 5/11/11 "Wait, Did he say pool"

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Originally Posted by Billfred View Post
My thought? Park a momentary switch on a grip at each player station. Your driver lets go? Your robot stops. Everyone lets go? Start teleop. Don't reward staying in autonomous, or you'll see teams just holding onto the buttons to rack up the score while their robots stay stationary.
I absolutely love this idea. I've always thought the E-Stop rule was a little ridiculous, if teams had a method of stopping their robots if disaster stuck, but still be able to do teleop, I think a lot more teams would try autonomous. I never understood why you got penalized for trying to do the safe thing by disabling your robot.
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