Can the pilots put the gears received in autonomous on the pegs during the autonomous phase.
Yes, that is the only way that rotor points could be scored during autonomous. The first gear has to be placed in the slot for the center rotor, and the next two on the pegs for rotor #2.
I sure hope so, otherwise it will be very hard to start rotors for autonomous points!
(I’m being snarky, yes you can)