[Tom Line]

I would support Autonomous being longer if there was actually something more to do.

As it is, 15 seconds is more than long enough to score on the front light or either side light. Since picking up another ringer is all but impossible in auton, we've got all the time to do what they expected us to do.

We even wrote in a part of the routine that backs the robot up so that a tube can get thrown in front of it - but that got too dangerous because if one lands on your flag you're stuck.

In the end, auton this year stinks. It isn't valuable enough to be worth it (even though we did it). I wish it was worth more, because it sure seems that in the world of robotics, auton is the part you should be focused on.

Perhaps this year they should hold an "auton olympics" where the robots that can do auton do it and are scored. Perhaps a seperate award for it as well. I'm a little stunned that "best auton mode operation" isn't an award already.