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Ponder the Principle
Posted by Daniel, Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M Gunn Senior High School and NASA Ames.
Posted on 5/1/99 1:29 AM MST
In Reply to: what about this? posted by Nate Smith on 4/30/99 8:32 PM MST:
Nate,
As per rule V6, 'robot shoving will be allowed and is expected to be quite common.' FIRST continually advises in the violation section that teams build their robot to take a beating. It is obvious FIRST expected some measure of contact. In V7, FIRST states that 'if the damaged alliance's robot is considered too flimsy, no disqualification will occur.' In fact, they go on to say 'the safest strategy is to build a tough machine and try to win with strategies and moves that may be aggressive but are not mean spirited.' Look over what you wrote in your message. It is obvious the two robots were tangled and in the process something bent. That is the fault of both. Their arm was undamaged while your basket was bent. Perhaps you should have built your basket as tough as they built their arm. It does not appear that anybody was TRYING to hurt anybody else. Am I wrong?
I gotta say, when our robot was fork-lifted two feet in the air, dropped, and then lifted, and dropped again our first year, I was pissed. But pretty quickly I realized that that was a pretty $@#$@#$@#$@# entertaining match. That's what this is about! Inspiration sprouts from entertainment. Let it slide! It's all part of the game and FIRST makes that pretty clear. Read your manual with an open mind and you'll see what I'm talking about.
No hard feelings?
-Daniel
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