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Originally Posted by colt527
2.) Make sure there is a delay between when you hit the top and when you start reversing the wheels.
I think this is a necessary rule for the Championships. Mini bot races are very soon going to get too close to call and we need to perfect the tower designs and also for the teams to perfect their mini-bot designs so they do not hit the bolts and provide the necessary amount of force. I think thats the only path to reliable calls at the championships.
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Where in the rules does it say that you have to provide a given impulse? All it says is 4 newtons, not 4 newtons for 2 seconds, half a second, etc.
Teams made their minibots to FIRST's rules. They should fix their (still) not fully functional system, or put measures in place to ensure that minibots conforming to their published rules actually get scored.
Instead they just say "our system is perfect, so if you don't trigger it, even if you blast the darn plate off the top of the pole entirely, you still don't get the points". If the system is proven to have any flaws then FIRST ought to recognize that it is possible for mistakes to be made.
Anyone seriously arguing whether a 2.5 lb minibot going 6-10 ft/s will impart 4 N of force or not is just being a FIRST apologist. This is simple physics and some efficiency losses due to friction, etc aren't going to change much.
Perhaps we should take some video of our official competition towers being repeatedly triggered by our minibot to silence the doubters?