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Re: [FTC]: Tips for Teams going to the Vex Championships

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Originally Posted by ActionJoe365 View Post

Excessive Current Draw: Most teams forget that if you draw more than 4 amps there is a likelihood that the controller will reset and restart in autonomous mode. This happens each time you exceed four amps. As robots get more complicated their use of motors is increasing with some bots using the full complement of 10 motors/servos. The problem typically does not reveal itself in the pit, since the drive motors aren't under the same load as when they are pushing bots on the field. At least one bot with this problem would stop and restart during the match and appeared to be running without operator control.
This is a new one on me. I've never heard of it before. We competed at three regional championships and this did not happened to our team before. But it did happen several times at World's. How can you avoid it?
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