[EricH]

Originally Posted by Andy A.

I was just thinking that, in well over a decade of FRC, I've never seen a 'bot leave the field under its own power.

I haven't put together a field in a long time, so I don't remember how those panels are secured, but I doubt it was ever expected to resist a 100+ pounds of robot at 10+ feet per second.

I have, but BEFORE the panels. In 2003, there were no panels. A team hung a left off of the ramp at a West Coast* regional in auto (in practice rounds) and was under the bleachers before someone E-stopped them.

And the panels are secured with zip ties. We lost one in San Diego; field fault was declared and the match was replayed.


*Well, close enough for those of you on the East Coast. It was actually in Arizona.