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Re: pic: Deflating the tube (the easy way)

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Originally Posted by Andy B View Post
I was not at this regional, so I cannot speak as if I know the entire reasons for cutting the innertubes, but from what I understand, it seems that the innertubes were cut because it was easier to do that than to take them off the spider legs or out of robot's manipulators. If that is the case, I must say I am astonished to see FIRST do something like that. If it was done out of laziness, as it seems it was, I am astonished that first would allow that to happen. It only adds to the partially true sterotype that Americans are lazy which completely goes against FIRST's goals.
Yes, keepers have been cut because it's easier to take them away from robots that way. No, it's not because the refs are lazy. During week 1, refs were wrestling them away from the robots. 375 sustained some damage to their gripper at NJ because of this interaction, and I'm sure they weren't the only ones who were at least uneasy with the idea of an outsider tugging on their robot. It's a little overdramatic, but it seems like a much better solution than hardlining on the disqualification for late keepers. Let the teams play.
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