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Unread 10-01-2007, 14:04
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Re: End of Autonomous Mode

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Originally Posted by nukemknight View Post
The drivers will need to drop the keepers when the "teleoperated" period starts and they take control of the robots. To my knowledge, there is no way tell the robot controller when the autonomous mode has ended other than counting for 15 seconds and then dropping the keeper.
Well, there's no reason you can't keep telling your robot to do things autonomously once the driver period begins. You could program your robot so that at the very start of the driver mode (say, while your drivers are just stepping across the line) it drops whatever it is currently holding. Then your drivers don't have to do it and you buy yourself an extra two seconds of time.