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Unread 12-01-2004, 20:06
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Re: What to do with autonomous

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Originally Posted by Cory
Dont do line following!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot emphasize how slow line following really is. We tweaked our bot enough last year that we got it to do it just about as fast as you could, and it took the entire 15 seconds. Sure, it won us Driving Tommorow's Technology, but it was the stem of many problems.
Just because it didn't work last year doesn't mean it won't work this year. This year's controller is much better able to handle faster sensor input, which would mean that your robot will be able to go faster.