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Re: What the heck is going on????
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Originally Posted by Spylake
I can think of several solutions.
- Cross line and pop it back wards.
- Leave it in place and collect 12 points.
- Take the penalty
- Use the other ball to bump it. The rule says only the ROBOT can not exceed 6 feet.
- Gentleman's agreement with the opposition to put all balls in play
- Ed on our team pointed out that if your wheel contact point is over the line you are no longer in their home stretch and can reach back and tap it.
Maybe the rule is intentional and won't be changed.
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Starting with the first and last points, the entire robot must break the plane of the opponents finish line to exit the opponent's home stretch. If the robot then backs up and breaks the plane moving in the wrong direction, it's assessed a penalty <G22>. It may be possible to knock the ball off "backwards" without having the robot break the finish line plane.
With the second and fourth points, the opposing alliance will want to leave your trackball on it's overpass until the last second. The "gentleman's agreement" will probably need to include language like "agree to knock opponent's ball off at the first teleoperated pass" otherwise things might get "sticky".
As long as a possessed ball is not considered to be part of the robot (I haven't seen a rule that states this is the case), knocking your ball off with another ball would work. If the possessed ball is released before hitting your ball on the overpass, then I don't believe any infraction is incurred.
Taking the penalty outright just doesn't seem right, but if it's done early enough the alliance still might net a bunch of points.
Comment: In the kick-off, we were reminded that FIRST is not about winning at all costs. Is it GP to intentionally incur a penalty? Maybe this is a test...
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Last edited by David Brinza : 06-01-2008 at 14:05.
Reason: "It's not about the points" comment
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