Thread: FRC...autonomous or driver-controlled competition?
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Re: FRC...autonomous or driver-controlled competition?
emusteve is right. FIRST is a student based competition, and it should be about the students designing, building, and tweaking the robot. I know that are programmers are having trouble just getting the robot to work properly, not even considering autonomous. Most high schools and high schoolers just do not have the time or resources to create a fully autonomous robot. I am all for an autonomous period, and I am in awe when I see a program perfectly executed and perform the task it was given. FIRST should be about a balance between autonomous control and operator control. I don't think that FIRST should go to a fully autonomous control. I'm sure there are many other competitions that are available for an autonomous robot.
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