Worried about us programmers? Nonsense! Programmers can do anything ... right???
Anyway, last year we had 5 pots and predefined positions, each involving up to 4 moving parts, plus feedback control for each pot ... that was basically baptism by fire for my rookie year. This year, though, it was mindnumbingly dull. I got by by coming up with clever jokes and interesting obfuscations that I would put it the code, so I am very much hoping there will be autonomy next year. Either that, more sensors, or a game that encourages the use of advanced programming over brute force.
Stephen