I totally agree with sanddrag who said
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Ever since the autonomous mode started in 2003, there has been a bigger and bigger push to get teams to complete tasks autonomously. However, there has not been a huge leap in the number of teams that are able to complete complex autonomous tasks very well.
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Having an autonomous mode IS CRITICAL to the game. However, I believe it should remain at the BEGINNING of the game, and human driver mode really becomes the BACKUP plan for auto mode.
I would like to see the autonomous mode last for more than 15 seconds, but not shrink the 120 second human mode.
Each year, we're asked to push the technology more and more in autonomous, which is a good thing. Some teams did get the camera working, other teams did "work-arounds" in auto mode (using dead reckoning) while other teams chose to not participate in auto mode. All are good flexible strategies.
I'd like to see a return toa bit more focus on drive train technologies by re-introducing a three-dimensional aspect which would invlove steps or ramps....