New Penalty Thread -

[skrussel]

Hi all,

I want a thread for anyone to list what penalties they saw called, and how many points for each.

Please don't list a specific penalty unless you saw it or are sure of it, and
please no commentary on the fairness of the penalty.

Just a pure thread for the purpose of listing every possible foul.

(While I thought I knew the rules, some of the penalty calls surprized me somewhat) :ahh:

[Aidan F. Browne]

I'm surprised that you think you saw penalties called that you do not know about. Every single penalty is mentioned in either Section 4 or Section 7 of the manual - and they are all called out clearly.

So - can you give some examples of where you are confused?

Thanks,

Aidan

[evulish]

The only ones I saw were robots going into the ball corral and HP's reaching outside of the ball corral. Those were both 10 points each, I think.

[Dr.Bot]

Quicky, there are 10 pt penalties and 1 25 point penalty.
10 Point penalties that count against you are either the robot reaching in or the human reaching out, Someone other than the designated human player scoring balls, etc.

The 25 point penalty is having a robot reaching arround to trigger the bonus release ball.

There are also penalties that Disable the robot (SAFETY ISSUES). Sometime a penalty that disables the robot also DQs them for that match. Examples: entanglement, touching the carpet outside the FOP.

There are 10 point penalties for goal tending or removing
a ball from a goal - these count for the opposing team.

[TF8]

Aiden,
As you are the head ref at UTC next weeked, I just to want to point out some issues that we have noticed at the last two regionals.

Refs need to check the color of offending robots, the blue team should not be penalized for the red robot driving into the blue ball chute.

Also in terms of robots pushing robots, if the blue robot pushes the red robot into the ball chute only the blue team should be penalized.

[Aidan F. Browne]

Aiden,
As you are the head ref at UTC next weeked, I just to want to point out some issues that we have noticed at the last two regionals.

Refs need to check the color of offending robots, the blue team should not be penalized for the red robot driving into the blue ball chute.

Also in terms of robots pushing robots, if the blue robot pushes the red robot into the ball chute only the blue team should be penalized.Thanks for the tips Tyler... no worries though... I'll go out on a limb and make the brash claim that I know the rules as well as just about anyone out there.

:)

Aidan

[Stephen Kowski]

well not really a penalty I thought I'd mention a robot got DQed in one match @ UCF.....according to the refs whom I talked with at the end of the day that particular team tipped over a team that was, in their opinion, done with the match (the tipping happened in the last few seconds of the match)....if the referees feel it is blatant agression they will DQ you.....

[danield710]

at ucf i saw a goaltending penalty

a robot uncapped a mobile goal and the human shot a ball and it hit the 2X ball that the robot had and the refs called goaltending

it was either 5 or 10 points i can really remember tho

[EStokely]

at the PNW regional I saw a variety of "breaking the plane" of the ball chute penalties and saw my team DQ'd for entanglment (and yep it was a legal DQ we changed how the rope attached after that)

[Joe Matt]

Now, one big question we had was with the 25 point penalty. Is it for knock the ball off while an arm is outside of the metal pipeing, or is it for if an arm goes out, comes back in, and then hits the ball off while inside the pipeing?

[TNT280Staff]

ok two things yet both are the same penalty which were assesed against our team at GLR

1.) Human player touched the line at teh back of the box.. yes touched not went over... 10 point penalty

2.) Coach stepped out of the box 25 seconds or so after a match and prior to the head ref signaling to get the bot... 10 point penalty

[RoboMom]

Team 007 and their partners got 2 10 pt penalties in one match, in NJ, in an early match, but no clue why. On the card was just the ref's name and 10pt checked off twice. They guessed that someone touched the line twice but no way to find out.

[Swan217]

ok two things yet both are the same penalty which were assesed against our team at GLR

1.) Human player touched the line at teh back of the box.. yes touched not went over... 10 point penalty

2.) Coach stepped out of the box 25 seconds or so after a match and prior to the head ref signaling to get the bot... 10 point penalty
I think I know the match you're referring to. Actually, your coach was standing on the line at the back of the box (10 pt penalty), and when I told him, he misunderstood me and jumped out of the box, then came back in (another 20 pts, but I only gave him 10). There wasn't any penalty for stepping out of the box after the match.

Also, the referees made it clear to all of the teams on Friday morning that the lines counted as out of bounds. There's a lot of room in the boxes to move around in - no reason to push your boundaries.

Still, you guys did a good job. Don't let a little thing like penalties get you down.

[Aidan F. Browne]

OK folks.... here is the summary for you:
Point Penalties

25 Point

Bonus Ball removed by reaching around ball tee pipe structure

10 Point


Crossing starting line in autonomous mode
Player or coach leaving team zone
Touching balls in autonomous mode
Robot assisting small ball into goal
Robot goaltending or de-scoring (10 point increase to opposing alliance)
Robot blocking more than 1 ball chute at a time
Pinning > 10 sec
Robot in ball corral, pushing another robot into the ball corral
Human player touching a mobile goal in ball corral
Stepping out of driver-station area not affecting score

Disables


Robot operation deemed unsafe
Out of bounds and applying force to out of bounds to rejoin play
Ignoring warning regarding damage to field, and /or goals
Human player touching a robot in the ball corral
Coach touching controls
Violating starting envelope
Disqualification

Repeated damage to field and/or goals
Destructive / malicious behavior
No-shows
DISABLE AND Disqualification

Team members extending any part of body onto playing field
Objects or persons aiding human player
Non-human player ball throw
Coach touching controls
Intentionally tipping a goal or damaging goal pole
Extending under or illegally grabbing goal (after 1 warning)
Outcome of match affected by passing starting line or leaving team zone
:)

Aidan

[MisterX]

Aidan if it is all right seeing as how you will be a judge for UTC could I just ask for clarification? Is their two different pinnings (you said it twice) or just the >10? By starting envelope you meaqn where the robot sits and is touching the player station right? and finally for the human players is their a line drawn on the carpet benieth the metal so the plane is clearly marked?

[Swan217]

I'll field those questions.
A) Lol, Aidan must have been copying from the Referee Guide - they have pinning listed twice (Assume it's a typo).
B) Yes - Starting Envelope is the 30"X36"X60" spot straddling the line against the diamond plating where your robot should be before the match begins.
C)The ball corral actually has a 1" aluminum "lip" at the bottom which clearly defines the plane. If you go over the lip, then you have crossed the plane.

[Aidan F. Browne]

^^^^ Yeah - what he said.

:)

Aidan

[dddriveman]

I was just wondering if it is in question the a robot is shooting a projectile of some sort more than ten fet per second how would you check to make sure that they are not. I saw a few teams with like fishing rods or something flexable like that fling it towards the bar. It was obvious that they were not launching it over ten feet per second. It made me wonder though how they would check that.

[Alan Anderson]

I was just wondering if it is in question the a robot is shooting a projectile of some sort more than ten fet per second how would you check to make sure that they are not.
Videotape and freeze frame with single frame advance makes an effective speedometer for things like that.

[AmyPrib]

Robot goaltending or de-scoring (10 point increase to opposing alliance)

Aidan


If I'm not mistaken, I believe there was an update, as well as already been incorporated into the Game Rules (G20) that a robot that goaltends or de-scores small balls will be assessed a 10pt penalty. In the "marked-up version" of the Rules, it strikes-through the part about adding the point to the opposing team.
Can you confirm my understanding of that?

I also assume that if a small ball were de-scored from team A, that team B would get the 10pt penalty, and team A would still get their original 5pts for that ball.
Sorry, I know this isn't the original intent of thread, but wanted to bring up the point and have it verified.....

[Joe Matt]

If I'm not mistaken, I believe there was an update, as well as already been incorporated into the Game Rules (G20) that a robot that goaltends or de-scores small balls will be assessed a 10pt penalty. In the "marked-up version" of the Rules, it strikes-through the part about adding the point to the opposing team.
Can you confirm my understanding of that?

I also assume that if a small ball were de-scored from team A, that team B would get the 10pt penalty, and team A would still get their original 5pts for that ball.
Sorry, I know this isn't the original intent of thread, but wanted to bring up the point and have it verified.....

If you goaltend, as in using the robot to block or aid a ball into the goal, your alliance will be fined 10pts (blue/green or red/green flag). The first version said that for goaltending that the opposite alliance of the robot goaltending will given twice the ball's point value. That was striked out and replaced with the first sentence I posted.

[DukesElectrical]

Crossing the plane was the biggest one we saw. We got nailed once and it cost us the match. However, in one match our robot was on its back and our partner had forgotten to take out their battery so they couldn't run, but we still managed to win the match because our human player rocks and the other two teams got two penalties.

It was actually a bit discouraging that so many matches were being decided by penalties.

[Dominicano0519]

The only penalties I saw were offsides (35 or 40 points a piece)

our alliance partners kept on crossing over

It happened twice to us, the first time it happened we won anyway
:D
however two matches later it happened a second time we were ahead by 39 points and we got a 40 point penalty and we lost by 1 point. :mad:

[Jack Jones]

The only penalties I saw were offsides (35 or 40 points a piece)

our alliance partners kept on crossing over

It happened twice to us, the first time it happened we won anyway
:D
however two matches later it happened a second time we were ahead by 39 points and we got a 40 point penalty and we lost by 1 point. :mad:


Hey! Check the date. You are two years ex-post-facto.

[Steve S.]

Im gonna start a new thread for this year

[Jack Jones]

Im gonna start a new thread for this year

Well - OK, if you must. But a word of caution to any and all who value their reputation, we get to use 47 reps/day.