Posted by Jerry Eckert.
Engineer from Looking for a team in Raleigh, NC sponsored by .
Posted on 1/11/2000 7:29 PM MST
In Reply to: That darned Rule DQ11 posted by Tony K on 1/11/2000 5:26 PM MST:
: Anyone with a manual, I encourage you to look at rules DQ11 and DA7. Directly from the manual, this rule says '...a robot may launch balls only toward its own alliance station...' Also mentioned is a disqualification or disabling of the alliance. Does this mean that robots can only launch the balls when they're facing you? In other words, if it's on your side of the goal, you can't launch balls into the goal... you'd have to cross to the other side! This seems illogical to me. Any ideas?
In previous competitions there were similar rules to prohibit teams from launching objects at an opponent's team station. I'm almost positive that's the intent of these rules, although they are not clearly worded. Under the old rules you could launch a ball away from your own station towards the goal and would be subject to DA/DQ only if the ball went well past the goal and landed in the vicinity of the opponent's players.
On the other hand, given the geometry of the goal this year I'm not sure how effective a robot attempting to launch balls at the goal will be. The target is relatively small.
:I hope they clarify this in an update.
They won't unless someone requests them to do so. Send E-mail to
ear@usfirst.org.
: Tony
: P.S. - Thanks Mark from the TechnoKats for noticing this.