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Originally Posted by squirrel
I put more credence with those who read the rules and understand what the rules require the TEAMS to do.
There is no "should have TRIGGERED the TARGET" in the rules. You do it, you get credit. You don't do it, you don't get credit for it.
Part of the design challenge is to make sure your MINIBOT TRIGGERS the TOWER. Some TEAMS seem to have missed that. Apparently they thought the challenge was to get a minibot up the TOWER as quickly as possible.
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IF the triggering programs and times of triggering on the towers hadn't been changed by FIRST between week 1 and 2 then this wouldn't be a problem for me. What is a problem is that it is changed to a level of "it seems to be working" instead of "every minibot who goes up the pole and exerts the 2-4N of force will trigger the top".
And to top it off humans wont' be used as the backup when electronics fail... seems backwards to me.