Help please! Can Robots be turned on in queue prior to Matches?

[Team4150]

Thank you very much.
That calms me a little bit.

I will make sure we are cleared this Thursday when the Pittsburgh Regional comes to town.

[Jeffy]

We always turn our bot on in queue to allow the pneumatic system to pressurize.

[jds2001]

Shouldn't you pressurize in the pit prior to queuing? That's what we did. But that's a little OT for this thread. We turned ours on once it was placed on the field.

[eddie12390]

Originally Posted by Team4150

Thank you very much.
That calms me a little bit.

I will make sure we are cleared this Thursday when the Pittsburgh Regional comes to town.

Speaking from Pittsburgh regional experience, we (and a majority of other teams) have always had our robot on before we put it on the field. It makes it a lot easier to know that everything is powered on if you can check before you put it on the field. You may have trouble maintaning a connection, though, depending on the method that you are using to create and hold the connection. You should definitely speak with an FTA and good luck at the regional.