Programmers: I Have A Challenge For You

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Originally Posted by sircedric4

Uh, I agree with you, great programming teams should be and are quite obviously rewarded just like good mechanical bots. But to continue your analogy, teams can still build the basic kitbot and compete, all I am saying is that you need that same level of head start if you are going to tackle this full auto as a game challenge. This goes back to the needing canned algorithms thing.

I don't think anybody here is saying that FIRST should require all matches to be fully autonomous. Some people, like me, think that autonomous mode should be made at least as important to the match as teleop. Right now, you hardly need any autonomous at all; if your robot is mechanically well-built and well-designed, you're going to win the match.