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Re: Starve Them!

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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
I think its safe to say that ramming happens when a moving bot hits a bot that is standing still. If two bots are racing to the same field position and they collide, then who rammed into who?

Nobody!

Shooters do not own the spot in front of their center goal. Both teams have the right to try to be the first robot in that controlling field position. If they collide on the way, then neither team should be penalized.

Now if you have a shooter that stays in its starting position and shoots from there, and a bot flys across the field and slams into it, THAT is ramming.
I disagree Ken. If a robot is moving along in the "y" direction they have zero relative velocity in the "x" direction - right. So if another robot runs into them at high velocity traveling in the "x" direction, by your definition they are ramming.

Although, it really all boils down to what is considered "high velocity" by the referees. No ref will call ramming on a robot traveling about 5 feet/second or less. How much above that is considered ramming depends on the ref.

The head ref at MWR had a secondary definition for ramming. He said if you repeatedly hit a robot from the same direction 3 times in a short period (pull back and hit 3 times), he would also call that ramming. So he expected robots to hit 2 times and try another location the third time.

Sorry for getting off topic.
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