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Originally Posted by Alex1072
To the people who say that the touching is required to remove gray areas, I would say that it actually just moves the gray areas to a different place. If hovering is allowed, the gray area is "was this robot far enough in?" If touching is required, the gray area is "was it actually in contact?".
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The difference for me is that touching is a binary situation. Either you're touching, or you aren't. As you note, hovering is much more subjective.
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Originally Posted by Alex1072
I think touching/not touching would be much harder call to make
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Absolutely. My big hope at this point is that the vast majority of teams saw the rule between 1/11/05 and ship date, and are planning on actually touching the triangle with a wheel, which will be much easier to see than a zip-tie. This weekend's regionals ought to be very interesting.