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Re: 2016 IRI Rule Change Suggestions

I'm not entirely sure how much of an 'arms race' this would cause, but I think it would be cool to see the wording of G13 to be changed to the following:

Quote:
Originally Posted by G13
During AUTO, ROBOTS may not enter the volume above the AUTO LINE nearest to their COURTYARD.

Violation: FOUL. If contact is made with an opponent ROBOT completely beyond the AUTO LINE nearest to the offending ROBOT'S COURTYARD (either direct contact or transitive contact through a BOULDER), an additional FOUL is assessed and the opponent ROBOT is immediately awarded the CROSSING of the closest DEFENSE from the point
of contact.
Bolded sections are changes that I am proposing. The intent of this change would be to encourage teams who have been sitting on 2 ball autonomous modes all season to run them with less fear of drawing fouls, but I can see this possibly becoming an arms race of sorts for folks to spend time working on 2 ball autos. It also intends to make a situation where two robots attempting to collect the same boulder to be a no-call situation. Thoughts?

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