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Re: Week 2: Any new lessons learned?

At Pittsburgh most of the mini-bot races went off without a hitch with a few hitting the target but not registering with the FMS. Then we had three extreme cases where the mini-bot would hit one of the bolts holding the target together, make an audible thud and slide back a few inches. During qualifications these were counted as a finished race and went up for an alliance score.

During the Elims this rule was subject to a phone call from the top and was changed so that if your mini-bot doesn't press plastic you don't get points regardless of how many refs are watching to back up/confirm the race and the FMS.

Lesson learned: Don't have large flat spots on the contacting face of your mini-bot that could stop progress on the head of a bolt. Redesign if needed to adapt to something that was changed as of last Wednesday. Add a random pin or something to counteract the randomness the GDC just added to the mini-bot race.

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