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Originally Posted by tjwolter
OK, ridiculously basic question here but bear with a mentor for a soon to be second year team. I can see how these light sources would work well in tele op, just pick up the reflective tape around your target and pull the trigger. Are they also being used significantly in autonomous?
T Wolter
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They are primarily an aid in teleop to get the robot aligned at a distance quickly without added software complexity.
In auto they aren't as helpful in my opinion, unless you have a game where your robots alignment, at the beginning of auto, is critical. In this case they could be used to align your robot to some target position.
In our case, the light was helpful In debugging our auto modes in that we could see if a shot was missed due to the chassis being misaligned or if there was variability in our shooter or ball compression that led to a miss. This information, while not the primary intent of the light, was helpful in getting things dialed in.