[Al Skierkiewicz]

Digo,
This is the initial report I have had from the drive team. (Hard to get as they are on Spring Break this week.) The driver does not monitor the palm during the match but our button box operator does have the time and watches not only the palm but also the battery voltage monitor on the OI. Our human player may also play a part in watching the monitor and checking the field to help coach strategy, a second pair of eyes is always a good thing! Although there were no specifics, I suspect that the drive team does check it out when we are in a pushing/pulling situation to make sure we are not close to resetting the controller. What we have been doing though, is reviewing the match data back in the pit and the drive team will be present to ask questions and point out times in the match they remember were struggles.
BTW, we are downloading/converting the raw data from the palm into a spreadsheet and then plotting all eight motors and battery voltage on a laptop. When anything looks out of the ordinary we alert the mechanical or electrical pit crew to check for problems (bent or misaligned parts broken wires, etc.)
As to awards, no, none yet. Stop by out pit and check out the graphs and write up (we have a report board set up) or if you are having problems on your robot, ask us to analyze with mini-StangSense. We have accumulated a lot of data over the last two weekends working with teams. You would be surprised at the differences in some designs, between running with the wheels off the floor and actual driving in the pits. I can only hope that the teams we worked with were able to correct some design problems and get back in the game.
Good Luck All