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Re: Team 40 Autonomous Mode

Team 40 has by far the best autonomous mode of any robot I have seen so far. During a match, they went out, found a trailer and scored on it, then the trailer drove away. Team 40 stopped firing, followed the trailer, reacquired the target, and fired the rest of the balls into the trailer.

What's really cool is that there are few robots who are even capable of doing what you do (which is basically score on any trailer that is in front of them). The combo of the turreted shooter and swerve drive makes it easy for the robot to find a drive to a target, then make final adjustments to score in it.

Big kudos to you guys. I hope it works out that you can go to Atlanta (I can't wait till BattleCry to see you auto mode again).
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