Thread: Autonomous Mode Lessons Learned??
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Re: Autonomous Mode Lessons Learned??
I have lots of little stories.

I found one team checked the autonomous bit to start a dead-reckoning timer, however, at the regional the autonomous bit was on while the pre-start disable bit was also on. If the match started quickly the robot would behave as if it were partway through the autonomous period. If the match start was delayed more than 15 seconds (what normally happened), then the robot would just sit there and they couldn’t figure out why.

Several teams also had a problem with autonomous in the back-to-back practice matches. They'd forget to turn off or reset their robot controller (because that nice backup battery keeps it running even if the main power is off) after the first practice match and if it didn't get turned off their robot continued to think autonomous mode was over. That was fixed with a software reset on Disable.
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