Please fix auto

[Mike Soukup]

Originally Posted by Jared341

I'd like to bring programming more to the forefront in FRC.

I used to think like you, until the 2005 season when we spent far too many late nights trying to the the one team that scored a tetra on the middle goal. After that, we've closely weighed the effort vs benefits of autonomous and done the bare minimum to excel at the game's challenge. Some years it wasn't worth doing anything fancy (2007, 2009) other years it was critical (2006, 2011) and we adjusted our effort accordingly.

Back to the topic. I agree with Don, once a vast majority of the teams show a capability to complete - or at a bare minimum, attempt - the autonomous challenge then FIRST should consider upping it. Until then, I'll happily take extra nights off after the robot ships instead of staying late to fiddle with autonomous.