{"id":25880,"date":"2026-05-01T07:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/?post_type=avada_faq&#038;p=25880"},"modified":"2026-05-28T07:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:31:05","slug":"what-does-autonomous-mean","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/faq-items\/what-does-autonomous-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What does &#8220;autonomous&#8221; mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The special rules for WRO Starters state &#8220;During the competition run, the robot must be moved\/operated autonomously (not remote-controlled).&#8221; This means in detail:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remote controls of any kind are not allowed!<\/li>\n<li>All actions performed by the robot between two safe zones must be programmed in one piece.<\/li>\n<li>A new partial program may only be started when the robot is completely in a safe zone (the black line does not count as such). this means:\n<ul>\n<li>with SPIKE Essential: A new project is started from the computer or tablet from the app<\/li>\n<li>with SPIKE Prime: Another program (different number on the hub) is started directly from the hub, or the command &#8220;Wait until left button is pressed&#8221; is used in the program code.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[377],"class_list":["post-25880","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-season-2026-wro-starter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/25880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25880"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/25880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27350,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/25880\/revisions\/27350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=25880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}