[jason_zielke]

For those of you concerned about your hybrid mode and not having the mentors or resources to make it work correctly, please stop by our pit. One of our students would be happy to come to your pit and work with you to find and code a solution to create an effective autonomous mode. We are happy to teach anyone willing to learn.

For those you you that are concerned about it being "easy" on those that have a good hybrid mode, I think you are missing something. If blocking was allowed in the corner, it would be much easier to figure out where the robots were going to be and avoid them (drive long around the corner). However, now the robots will be scattered all over the field, which makes it much more complicated to avoid the obstructions in the field. This will require a different approach to overcome consistently. This update may have just made it more difficult to get around the field.