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Re: Random autonomous

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Originally Posted by slijin View Post
What we've done traditionally is include a rotary binary switch (a more compact version of what Don mentioned) somewhere on our OI or robot, and tie a specific auton routine to each setting using a switch block. By changing the switch's state, we can choose between auton routines on the fly when we need to switch roles for a certain match.
Yeah, this works. We've used a binary-coded decimal switch on the front of the robot so that you can pre-set your autonomous mode AFTER consulting with your alliance partners on the desired strategy.

"Random" doesn't work so well if you are going to interfer with what your alliance partners are going to do.