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Re: Bring Back the Rotating Light

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Originally Posted by KTorak
I'm asuming the LEDs are done if FIRST made an update saying they aren't required to compete (though some regionals changed that).
At UCF, it was "strongly encouraged" to have your LED.

Personally, I think a little tweak to the blink routines of the LEDs would do a world of good. Make human-operated a solid color, a fast blink for autonomous, and a slower blink for disabled. (Currently, it's different.) The problem for me was when it'd be three seconds until the next blinking of the light.

The flags are decent, but they seem to fall out at the most inopportune times. Combine it with a little cheesiness factor (and how are they going to handle it in the future when they want arms again?), and I really think a bright, somewhat steady light is the better route.
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