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Re: end of match autonomous mode

I'm not sure it would be a great idea. It would be a super challenge, no doubt about it. I'm afraid it could be a very dangerous idea, depending on what task was to be accomplished in auto. When auto is first, the robots are separated by alliance and in [at least somewhat] defined positions. Even so, we had a couple of dramatic head-on crashes when Red's auto was run down the left side and cut in behind the rack, and Blue's auto was run down the right side and cut in. When you don't even know where your opponent's robots will be when auto cuts in, what do you do to avoid crashes? I also wonder a little about how the controls work. Suppose you're driving forward when auto kicks in - would you continue to drive forward unless you had made the first command in your autonomous program "stop motors"?
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