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Re: Solution for uniform ramming penalty calls

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Originally Posted by InfernoX14 View Post
Refs tend to catch high speed ramming when it happens.
I would see this device as an advantage. As a defense robot, the refs would be especially looking out for our bot during matches (after they got to know us and our bot and our driving style (BTW I'm talking about regionals))... They would claim that if we started 10 ft. away from a robot, and hit it without stopping in between, this was a penalty. The team's argument was that the bot was in no way going full speed. It is a major time problem to go, stop, go, reverse, wait, go, stop, etc.... just to block a team from scoring and not get a ramming penalty. If you must be within 3 (or 5 or something like that) ft. to hit another bot, but must be more than 3 ft. away after 10 seconds, this means a lot of starting and stopping. The light would help us in the sense that it could prove that we aren't hitting at full speed, and are simply blocking at a speed that is non-damaging. I don't think that any damage was done to ANY bot that we got a penalty for 'ramming' against.

Just a thought. So I say 'yay' to the sensor. As far as implementation, I see built-in to the RC as the most viable. This way, it will force teams to more securely mount their RC, at least if they want the hope of getting a ramming call awarded against the opposing alliance. Then, if a ref sees a situation that they would like to call ramming, they need a thumbs up from the IFI guy saying that the accelerometer limit was breached on the victim bot (remember, the opposing 'defense' bot may have the opportunity to not have the RC securely fastened. I think that the victim bot needs to have complained about being hit.) Using this system, you really could set a threshold as to what is 'too hard. This doesn't rely on speed or distance or anything else that may be subject to quick calculations by the ref. It is based on pure hitting force, which is what this rule is intended to defend against (no pun intended).

So I guess what I'm saying is that this device would not necessarily catch cases where ramming occurs that the ref may not see, its more to defend the defense robots against unnecessary calls.

My 98 cents short of a dollar.
Jacob