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Re: Rookie Team impressions from Kettering

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Originally Posted by Kimberly View Post
Actually, no, not really. What I did see happen at times was a robot backing up to get around robots stopped in front of them, then getting a penalty because they were trying to keep moving rather than wait for the stopped robots to move. Our drivers eventually did learn to just wait rather than try to get around, but that's not the point. The point is that the rule seems to have some unintentional consequences, and should probably be changed, however, since this is a one-time event, what difference does it really make? I'll use all of it as a teaching moment. This one might involve teaching about rules that don't really do what they're intended to do and the futility of getting a bureaucracy to make changes that are in everybody's best interest.
Update #15 specifically describes this scenario of impeding during a line cross and states that the impeding robot has 6 seconds to get out of the way before the impeded robot is allowed to cross the line to avoid the impeding robot.

On a general note (not related to quoted reply), I see a lot of pessimism, namecalling, and sarcasm in this thread that is frowned upon in FIRST because it's not in the spirit of gracious professionalism. Please everyone keep your keyboards civil no matter how much you feel that FIRST and the referees are out to get you.

Edit: There is another thread regarding whining about G22 here. It might be more constructive to move the conversation there.
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