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Re: Intentionally blocking traffic in Hybrid

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Originally Posted by 65_Xero_Huskie (Post 714377)

Did u see the tight spots 148 can get into?
No wonder they are the only undefeated team in FIRST right now.

We're undefeated this season... and so are other teams.

Re: Intentionally blocking traffic in Hybrid

This may not be in the right place but i think you should get pentilized if you see some one caught on the overpass and you are sending your robot signals and you hit the team and cause them to fall you should get pentalized and also if back up 5 inches or mabey less you still get pentalized i think there should be a little distance you should be able 2 back but like i said this is probobly in thee wrong place

Re: Intentionally blocking traffic in Hybrid

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Originally Posted by smurfgirl (Post 727914)

We're undefeated this season... and so are other teams.

At the time of the post you quoted, I believe that 148 was the only team who was undefeated. Granted that several other teams hadn't played yet due to later regionals.

Re: Intentionally blocking traffic in Hybrid

2 quick things to keep in mind:

1st, G40 clearly states that a robot is not IMPEDING if there is a clear “passing lane” around the ROBOT. This means that if there is room to drive around, the robot is not by definition, impeding. (if this was said before, I apologize - this is a long post, but people still refer to the drive forward 3' robot as necessarily impeding).

2nd, Our auto has a "Pause" function. I highly recommend it for these teams getting so many lines. If your robot is driving at extremely high speeds around the track and you do not have direct control I would say that it is negligent to think it is not going to ram into something. I think some of the better teams are using pure auto and are not dependent on the IR, and if that is the case, add a safety stop to your functions to avoid these penalties!

Just because your code goes fast and its not your fault that people "get in your way" does not mean that you can absolve yourself of the responsibility of keeping in check a machine that will have high speed collisions under normal field conditions.

Re: Intentionally blocking traffic in Hybrid

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Originally Posted by Mike Harrison (Post 713808)

Watch the hybrid in this match. With no changes to hybrid mode whatsoever and without using the IR controller 2 robots managed to dodge the parked robot that drove 3 feet. So if someone does something that hurts your strategy, revamp your own strategy rather than try and blame them for not "playing by the rules". This video proves that it isn't that hard.

Edit: make that 3 if you count the other team on their own alliance.

i agree completely team 1629 has a special line of code just incase we are hit in fact in one match we were accidentally blocked and unfortunatly broke the other robot since we hit them at 25 ft/s (breaking and omni wheel and knocking electronics loose sorry 1001) but after the hit our robot simply pushed them out of the way and continued to get another 2 lines before time expired its safe to say that was the last time we were blocked accidentally or otherwise.

Re: Intentionally blocking traffic in Hybrid

As far as being blocked in hybrid mode I know how you feel, Speed Racer 1519s robot was blocked a few times at BTB because we could score up to 9 lines in hybrid giving us a good average for our scores of the day around 48-54 points a match.