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Re: What It Takes to be Competitive
Hmmm.....all VERY good points. However, I believe there is one that will become
increasingly important over the next few years: autonomous mode.
A robot with a good autonomous program (assuming that the autonomous is at the beginning of the match like last year, bear with me, I'm not trying to start speculation, just make some basic assumptions based on past events) will be able to take an early advantage in each match they are in. If their programmers are good, then they should have no problem "fixing" the autonomous between matches as well: creating and implementing new strategies for autonomous mode, modifying the drive code to compensate for adjustments or setbacks mechanically, keeping the code reusable, encapsulated, and good version control.
If the controls/programming team can do this, it will greatly complement the team's mechanical side, and if both are up to par, as by the qualities listed above, then the robot has a darn good chance of doing very well at competition. Just my $0.02.
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