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Re: 2007 Official FRC Game Hint / Email Blast

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Originally Posted by BrianR View Post
I think that it would add an interesting challenge for the robots... You would have to be able to determine your position at the start of the autonomous period.

In the case of last year's competition, you would have had to find the green light at the start of autonomous. I think that FIRST may want to move towards this, because it prevents some of the defensive autonomous programs that were based on scouting the path that other teams took to reach their firing position.

If this is the case, I think it would make for a very exciting finish to every match!
That would all depend on the length of the post match autonomous period. With a 10-15 second period, assuming you were facing away from the light, you would most likely not be able to do anything. However, this would make for an interesting strategy where position at the end of the match was really important.
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