[Jared]

I don't think it's a good thing to let teams control their robot in autonomous, whether the game allows teams to interact with the opposing alliance in auto or not. Being able to react to something happening, like somebody beating you to the bridge in auto, a blocker robot deploying, or a missed intake for a two ball autonomous takes away the whole point of having autonomous mode. Give teams a few years, and they'll come up with a way to control the entire robot in autonomous mode.

I don't think allowing control of your robot with your kinect or webcam will even make robots more competitive/more interesting in auto. There were plenty of teams this year that didn't even bother moving forward in autonomous mode. I doubt there would be a significant increase in the number of moving robots in autonomous mode.