[KenWittlief]

even during driver mode there are plenty of things your bot can do by itself

grabbing balls off the floor

a hand that grabs the 2x ball as soon as it touches it

if your bot shoots or rolls the balls back to the corral, you can have it point to it automatically (if it knows where it is at all times)

Ive seen lots of teams over the years have things like claws or grippers that are fully under the control of the drivers - its VERY difficult to drive up to something and have a claw latch onto it, if you are doing it all manually

its much easier if there is a sensor of some type that detects the object is within reach, and IT grabs on when it wants to.

Dont feel you have to limit the things your bot does automatically to the first 15 seconds.