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Originally Posted by ejthe4th
Not many decisions for autonomous mode? There are many different things that can be accomplished during autonomous mode...a robot can attempt to knock off the 10pt ball, block another robot from getting to the ball, push a goal into the ball corral, interfere with a robot, set yourself up for the bar, strategically sit in place for 15 seconds, wildly drive around hoping to do something, ect... There are many things that can be done during that 15 seconds for autonomous mode, sure not that many teams are actually able to do them consistently, but the option to attempt different strategies is defiantly there.
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But the robot itself is never forced to make these decisions during a match. It knows what it is going to do, for the most part, before it starts. If a robot had to play an entire match autonomously, it would have to track tons of balls, herd, dodge other robots, cap by itself with balls flying everywhere, hang by itself. That's beyond a high school level, at the edge of what we can do right now. Some day for First? Maybe, but not now, next year, or for a long while.