[Doug Leppard]

#1 best secret. Hardware done by end of week five, that gave us a week to practice driving and auto mode. Auto mode just takes time. So dependable hardware and done with enough time to spend lots of time perfecting it.

#2 we had a 3/4 size field to practice auto mode.

#3 we used easyproC for fast developing and more people could do it.

#4 we proto typed lots of sensors using vex to when we go the hardware we didn't start from scratch but knew what we could do and not do with sensors and had routines working.

For 2007 we used the camera. 2006 we used gyro mainly. Previous years we use IR sensors and wheel encoders. Really depends on the contest. We have also tested sonic sensors.

Suggest practice using vex with all the sensors to get a feel for them.