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Until I see some bots in autonomous mode I'm not going to make any judgments. True many bots may just wander cluelessly for 15 seconds but others will do AMAZING things. In previous years teams have devoted 90% of there resources to the mechanicle sytems and 10% to electrical and programming. With the exception of autobalancing systems in 2001 programmers have have never gotten any "fun" jobs. So by adding an autonomous period it gives more work to programmers and lets electrical people play with sensors.
Also if you think autonomous bots will get lost imagine human drivers who can't see there bot through a wall of boxes. If anything autonomous modes will help people out.
As for rookie teams having an unfair advantage. Rookies are normally disadvantaged. FIRST has plenty of resources to help them out including mentor teams. There are also some crude codes already posted here, Delphi, by helpful experienced teams.
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