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Re: Competition Port
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Originally Posted by pathew100
If you read the docs that Al suggested you'll note that it also includes information on how to set the robot into autonomous mode. I suggest a momentary switch for the auto mode. That way you have to press and hold the button down for auto mode to run. If anything goes wrong (and it usually does with software  ) then you let go of the button and the robot stops. |
I wholehearted agree with the momentary switch idea. It's also referred to as a "dead-man's switch". We did this after one of our programmers was using a past autonomous switch with a toggle and accidently ran over his own foot. (Yes, it was me... and Yes, the robot was heavy...)
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