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Re: Ball Bouncing Out of Bounds?

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Originally Posted by The Lucas View Post
One bot at FLR always shoots after it is disabled. During FLR, it shot at both of the refs volunteering from our team on separate occasions. Fortunately, there were no injuries, so we can have a few laughs at them dodging trackballs.
That 'bot is not complying with the safety-driven guidelines published in Team Update 5:
  • Design the mechanism so that it does not make any sudden movements
    when the Robot is powered on or off, or when the pneumatic system (if used)
    is charged or discharged.
  • Design the mechanism so that any stored energy is released in a slow,
    controlled manner (over several seconds) when the Match concludes and the
    Robot is powered off.

The team should have been required to modify the robot design so it would not launch at the end of the match or if otherwise disabled.
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