Best of autonomous modes

[Bryan Herbst]

Wandering around looking at various teams' autonomous modes got me thinking- what has been the best utilization of the 15 second hybrid period this year?

My coding team and I (me and one other person, really) were disappointed that our team really wanted nothing more than IR control over the bot in autonomous mode, so we have very little true autonomy. The only real thing the bot does on its own is moving the lift up to the right height to possibly knock a ball down on our way under.

My team is attending only one regional (Minnesota), and a large number dont have much autonomy, the majority of those that do something only cross one line. There are a few 'bots that can get across three lines, with one (possibly two or three) being able to knock a ball down consistently. There are some (like my team) that can knock a ball down, it just has to be under the right circumstances.

So what have you guys seen? How does your team compare to others?