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Re: Thoughts on driving in the previous season

The key difference between the previous year's driving and other years of driving was primarily the style of play that was necessary. One of the most important things that Recycle Rush required was to be careful (if you didn't have something to stabilize the totes you were holding).
Our driver ended up using a control system that reflected that, one joystick for magnitude and another for direction. This ended up working well for us, overall.

Something that we originally had on the robot, but later took off was an option for field-centric driving. We ended up not using this because we discovered that it was hard to line up with the chute door using those controls.

Another thing I personally discovered was that the queuing line at Worlds is about a mile from the practice fields...
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