Thread: Is FRC giving high CG robots a free pass on defense?
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Re: Is FRC giving high CG robots a free pass on defense?
For anyone not understanding, what Mr. XaulZan11 is saying is that any tipping occurred by ONLY bumper contact should be legal. Building ramps or arms that are designed for tipping WILL NOT be legal, because they ARE NOT part of the BUMPER. And since you can't shape the BUMPER to be like a ramp, than all teams will be in the same situation.

It is up to the teams to design bots to have a low center of gravity. It is part of the designing challenge just as much as being able to go under the low bar is.

While I agree Mr. XaulZan11 on most of this, I still believe that if one team has consistently tipped more than a couple of bots at a regional, than they should be talked to, and excessive tipping should result on penalties.

In my opinion first time tippers, or even second time tippers that only used bumper contact while tipping should not be penalized.
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