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Autonomous Period

Designing an autonomous routine that scores consistently, not occasionally.

1 min readUpdated Aug 1, 2026

A 25-point autonomous that works 9 times out of 10 beats a 45-point autonomous that works half the time. Consistency compounds across a tournament.

Design orderLink to this section

  1. Guarantee the parking or baseline points first.
  2. Add one scoring action and test it 20 times.
  3. Only then add a second action.
  4. Add sensor-based recovery for the most common failure.

Measuring reliabilityLink to this section

Run the routine 20 times from a taped start position and record successes. Below 80%, fix the routine before adding to it.