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Originally Posted by Bill Moore
Since the LED is supposed to show your alliance color (red or blue), flashing the green periodically during a match to confuse the other robots, would probably be considered ungraciously professional and lead to a DQ. It would be a novel idea as a defensive mechanism and interesting to watch though.
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<R14> Robots must use the Alliance Color LED provided in the Kit of Parts to display their alliance color
(red or blue). The Color LED will be used by field personnel during the matches for diagnostic purposes. It must be mounted on the robot such that their displayed color is easily visible while standing in front of the robot in its’ starting position. Instructions for connecting the Color LEDs are provided in the Innovation First Controller manual. The Robot Controller directly powers and controls the Team Color LEDs.
The user has no control over the Team Color LEDs and no programming is required.
<R31> No devices or decorations are permitted on the robot that are intended to jam or interfere with the operation of the vision system (i.e. changing robot color to confuse opponent’s vision system).