Midfield Collisions

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by Stu Bloom

I've said it before ... and I'll say it again. I will be very surprised if more than about 1%of all robots (maybe 10 of around 1000 teams) will have the capability to consistently acquire AND score the vision tetra during autonomous. Please prove me wrong ... but I am skeptical. IMO there are several productive strategies that could be chosen for autonomous and that is what I expect our team to focus on. Also, as a referee, I will do my best to enforce the rules as written and as instructed by FIRST . You may be asked to disable an "overly aggressive" autonomous program to avoid penalties and/or DQ ... yes ... even in autonomous mode.

Stu,
A few weeks ago I would have agreed with you but I think the camera and software are going to make a lot of teams "auto ready" this year. For that reason I believe the number is higher. Still less than 10% of the teams will be effective in collision avoidance and accuracy. (IMHO)