FRC 2009 - Lunacy

[MGoelz]

Originally Posted by ExarKun666

Just quickly wanted to run this by some people, some of my team feel that the camera is useless since you would only be able to really use it in autonomous, and I disagree. What are your thoughts on this? Would it give any advantages or disadvantages?

Well, I do believe that it would be mostly only advantageous in autonomous, however, that advantage is a large one. With each team able to start with up to 7 moon rocks, an alliance has the ability of scoring up to 42 points before the teleoperated period. That would give a huge advantage to the game. Of course, the likelihood of scoring all 21 is slim, but the point is the same. The camera is important because autonomous is important. You can't dead reckon to a moving target to score. Just because you don't need it for the majority of the match doesn't mean you should forget about it. I think you need the camera.

That's my opinion.