Do you think FIRST should extend the autonomous time

[jvriezen]

My suggestion (probably for IRI, since it is too late now for FIRST) is the following:

1) Additional points for an assist during Auton. This was attempted at 10K Lakes where the 2nd ball was pushed forward by the non-shooting bot to feed it into the intake of the shooting bot that had already advanced into the blue zone. The intake didn't didn't take-in, unfortunately. It would require more than the 2nd bot to be just touching the ball. It would have to at least herd it or carry it.

2) More points for CATCH. This is always a crowd pleaser, and much more difficult than the TRUSS, so it should be worth more points than a TRUSS.

[waialua359]

We are already at week 6 events.
Too late to change a game that everyone else has already planned, built, and tested for.

Sorry, cant tell if you mean at later events this season or for next season and beyond.

If its next season, depends on the game.

[Joseph Smith]

Autonomous is already just as important as teleop, if not more so. You have a chance to score up to 75 points, virtually defense-free. It can set the stage for the entire match. Climbing back up after the other alliance gets a big lead in auton can be extremely difficult. Besides, a longer autonomous (assuming that they would add the potential for more scoring, because otherwise what's the point) would only widen the gap between high-caliber teams and teams who struggle or lack programming resources.

[nuggetsyl]

We have teams with driver control that can't do anything for 30 secs. Their are several teams this year that can't even drive forward to get 5 point. Can you see where I stand on this.

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by waialua359

We are already at week 6 events.
Too late to change a game that everyone else has already planned, built, and tested for.

Sorry, cant tell if you mean at later events this season or for next season and beyond.

If its next season, depends on the game.

The poll title says "Do you think FIRST should extend autonomous to 30 or more seconds for future games?"

edit: emphasis mine

[Bob Bonczyk]

I say it is an awesome challenge and my vote is to keep it the same. But what if the autonomous part was at the end?

[KevinG]

I think fifteen seconds is more than enough. Many teams lack the ability or resources to do more than get in the correct zone, and time spent watching the robot is time spent where the students aren't playing.