05-01-2014, 22:49
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MST Rolla Senior
 FRC #2410 (BV CAPS Metal Mustang Robotics) Team Role: College Student
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Rookie Year: 2010
Location: Overland Park, Kansas
Posts: 2,388
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Re: Catching a ball
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Originally Posted by Davis Racing
Being able to catch adds 20 points. These points are added instantly, without waiting for the ball to be scored and could be used as an "end of game" move. Thus, a robot that can catch and release into the 1 point goal over multiple cycles seems to be worth more than a robot that can pick up a ball and shoot at the high goal. Of course, without an alliance partner capable of throwing...
Based on my interpretation of the rules, a catching robot is allowed to have a catching device that expands to cover about 30 square feet.
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I don't understand where you came up that catch points both add +20 and are added instantly...
Per the game manual,
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Originally Posted by Game Manual Section 3.1.4 Scoring
Points are awarded once per CYCLE for BALLS SCORED by ROBOTS in the GOALS, BALLS SCORED by ROBOTS over the
TRUSS, and for each ROBOT CATCH. Additional points are credited to an ALLIANCE upon each GOAL based on the
number of ASSISTS earned by the ALLIANCE for that CYCLE.
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A CYCLE is the series of events that recur regularly, and each CYCLE begins with an ALLIANCE member retrieving their
BALL from their lit PEDESTAL and ends when the BALL is SCORED in a GOAL. Major events in a CYCLE are depicted in
Figure 2-1.
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Emphasis mine.
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