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Originally Posted by virtuald

Given the few amount of robots that even *move* in autonomous mode this year, I think if you're playing at a level where that amount of time matters, it would be a waste of time to cheat here.

I agree that for a majority of teams starting a match slightly early wouldn't matter. However, that doesn't mean that there isn't a huge advantage. For example, suppose that one team at an event was allowed ignore the weight limit. If the team competed with a 150 lb robot it would be unfair regardless of how that team did on the field.

I would hope that the teams who would be capable of this would all think better of it, but I bet multiple teams per division at championships would have an unbeatable can-burgler if the FMS started them 1/4 second early every time. And I bet one of them would win. On the other hand, everything's on camera and the movements of most can-burgler mechanisms are not subtle.