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Re: Do you think FIRST should extend the autonomous time

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Originally Posted by AlexD744 View Post
I think the hardest part about autonomous is getting a robot that is designed to do autonomous well. Many robots are simply not designed to do a two ball auto (lack of good pickup, lack of ball control). Other robots are inherently squirly and even driving straight can be challenging without some fairly sophisticated feedback from a gyro/encoders and decent time to tune. (whereas the person behind the sticks learns to correct fairly quickly)

Compound that with inexperienced coders making a mess out of the code and debug time can increase exponentially, and since the coders are inexperienced, things won't work the first time.

Again, these are things that come with experience. It's the little decisions early that make the difference between coding a two-ball in 10 minutes or spending 2 days debugging your mobility points.
100% agree with this.

I used to wish the autonomous period would be extended to 20 seconds, but I am pretty happy with 10 or 15. It keeps the potential boring time to a minimum, and adds excitement when an elite team finishes with no time to spare. I wish they would allow for "buzzer beater" shots in auto though, instead of only scoring pieces that passed through the goal in auto. This would make it easier on refs, and to this day watching 254 hang their 2nd ubertube during the Galileo elims was one of the most exciting things I've seen in FRC.
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