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Unread 17-02-2008, 10:33
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Re: Suffield Shakedown observations...
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Originally Posted by Bongle View Post
I cannot believe so many teams didn't go for the drive-straight autonomous mode. This is the first year I've been in FIRST where you can actually get some permanent points simply for driving straight. If you have 3 robots that can do nothing else, having all 3 of them drive across the first line is 1.5 hurdles of points. DO IT. This is certainly something I see teams helping with at a competition pre-match: "hey do you have a drive-straight autonomous mode?" "no?" "ok here you go".
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The farthest autonomous mode I saw was one of the Gaels with 3 quadrants crossed, AND a trackball unmounted.
Don't panic. Some years no one has autonomous ready for the scrimmage events. Many teams were just finishing the mechanical assembly of their bots and have not had time to install and test their autonomous programs. Look for a lot more motion during match one of the first week Regionals.
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