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Interacting w/ the Field
Posted by Dan.

Student on team #10, BSM, from Benilde-St. Margaret's and Banner Engineering.

Posted on 1/18/2000 4:37 PM MST



So far FIRST has made it very clear that robots can not be designed to interact with the field.
I interpret this to mean that your robot cannot be dependent on the field to perform a function.
But let's say that when a team drops balls in the trough they butt up against the trough just to make sure their balls will drop properly--and besides it's quicker to just run into the trough instead of slowing down beforehand.
Let's also say that this robot could perform this function without the field there (ie a robot could still line itself up with the trough without running into it.)
Is this a case of a team improperly interacting with the field or just some healthy nudging?
I'm really not going to like this problem if the answer to this question is 'No.'
:-Dan

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