[russell]

I considered a similar question several weeks ago. As our teams programmer I was very dissapointed when it became clear that we wouldnt be able to use the camera on our robot. I was then faced with deciding what exactly we will do in autonomous mode. The obvious thought was to try to interfere with the other teams. But then I thought back to my time trying to program the camera and I decided that if anyone can make their robot stack a tetra, then more power to them, and I am not going to waste 15 second per match on the off chance that we will ever come up against a robot that can successfully stack. Just think of it from the point of view of the other teams programmers who spent weeks perfecting their programs, and trying to coordinate with their build team to make sure they get everything right. How would you feel if you were them, but then some robot that someone wrote a basic drive around autonomous program for got in your way and screwed up your chance for success? While the strategy is perfectly legit, I just felt that any programmer who can make their robot cap even without interference totally deserves those couple of points. If we make it beyond the elimination matches we (by which I mean I) may change our strategy, but until then I can think of better things to do in autonomous.