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Originally Posted by JesseK
We test our candidate drivers in our offseason competitions.
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Seconded! We rarely field a drive team at a regional who we haven't competed with at an off-season or two. We learn an enormous amount about how they work under pressure that way and what running them at a competition would be like.
You don't need to just practice your drivers during the season or on the current year's robot. The driver and manipulator need to learn to work well together. The problem of controlling a robot driving towards yourself, and the various other challenges of controlling a robot apply to previous year's robots. Drive those too!