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Originally Posted by Lynsey93
It isn't the team's fault if there was a technical error with the pole, they should acknowledge that since many people saw it happen.
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You would be very hard pressed to prove there was a technical error with the pole. As the rules state in section 2.2.5 The Towers,
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A minimum contact force of approximately 2-4 Newtons, depending on contact location, is required to ensure the contact sensors in the TARGET trip reliably.
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Depending on the design of the minibot, it's possible it didn't hit with 4 Newtons of force. If, for example, such a minibot hits with 3N, it would probably trigger most of the time, but not all. Throughout the entire elimination matches that afternoon, that tower worked every time it was used - as far as I could tell, there was no history that would make that tower suspect.