[jgannon]

The great thing about autonomous mode is that it doesn't require any additional effort from anyone else on your team, other than to find a place to mount the camera. (You could do that yourself, if you really had to, but I've noticed that people will usually offer to do it for you, rather than let the programmer touch power tools.) To avoid conflict with your team, finish your driver control code first. If you get this done quickly enough, you should have a couple of weeks to do nothing but experiment with the camera and come up with an autonomous program. If it works, great. If it doesn't, you've lost nothing. My prediction is that teams that have an effective autonomous program will be more likely to win matches (since capping the center goal is like nine free points), to be picked for finals, and to win judges' awards. Show your team this post, and then follow through with your end of the bargain. They will thank you in the end.