[EricH]

Originally Posted by Gregor

What was the problem with these?

Depends on the year. They were used in 2003 and 2005.

2003: Human players returned to them after stacking bins on the field. Automode started when ALL the pads were active; the humans then returned behind the glass as the pads were not used again.

2005: Human players started on the pads, then jumped off of them carrying tetras and ran out to another area of the field, then ran back. But when the human was off the pad, the robot of that human was disabled.

The biggest problem was stopping on the pad from a dead sprint (because naturally you want the robot moving as much as possible. It's not easy to do. I think at some offseasons in 2005, the pad was replaced with a hand button.