High Power Remote

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We swapped out the standard led and used 3 high power LEDs in a remote (but did not change the current limiting resistor due to time and risk limitations). We found that we could make it to the end of the field most times and a very few times turn across the end line. (our robot's IR sensor turned to face the hybrid driver as the robot turned using the gyro and a servo). But in a few matches we (nor our alliance hybrid drivers) could not move more than a few feet from the starting point. Our best guess is the opponents IR transmitters IR light was powerful and it bounced off the plexiglass (or lexan) (non-hybrid) driver "window" to reflect into our robot IR sensor.