I think the thread name is a bit inappropriate...Every team has its fair share of programming mishaps (our auton is still not working properly)...
But at the same time it is quite a unique event and we've discussed much more pointless things then this lol..
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Originally Posted by rees2001
How many of you watched the ENTIRE match?
They went on to make 8-9 laps, drive pretty well & have a good match. I wouldn't think the problem is the robot or the team but the rule. There is no reason such a small infraction should have cost the team 120 points! They never made contact with another robot, they never impeded traffic, they never even hit the wall in hybrid. So why get 120 points in penalties?
If you want teams to succeed don't make rules that penalize you for driving in CIRCLES.
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In general it's a fairly simple rule to guard against (this not being one of those cases): just be cautious after you make a turn and cross the plane. Our team has found a way to keep such careless penalties from occuring: make our drivers do 1 push up per penalty point (I don't recommend making the programmers do that for this bug...).