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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
mechanically, electrically, or programmably inept does not mean cannot move. A robot that cannot turn due to too high friction on the wheels coud be considered mechanically inept.... etc.
If a Robot throws a chain or loses motor wires (and is in the frontcourt) then another robot from that alliance must move to the back court or the damaged robot needs to be e-stopped (otherwise it should be penalized).
And, yes, your 120 LB weight could become a 40 point liability if it ends up on the wrong side of the field and is not E-stopped.
As far as the corner goal issue. If they enforced the ramming rules, then I dont believe they would have needed this clarification (JMHO).
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The point I was trying to make is that if a team just puts their robot out onto the field and their alliance is considering them the backbot and they get pushed across the line they are going to get penalized even though they are just dead weight on the field. I wasn't trying to get to technical and specific oriented. I really don't like this though because I can see teams using this to their advantage because there will always be one team out there that will do stuff like this.