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Re: 2008 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)
The line violation rule needs only to be modified on the end lines (non-finish lines). Make it so that only if the entire robot moves back into the previous quadrant would they get a penalty. That RARELY EVER HAPPENS.
This would reduce the number of violations down tremendously. The refs would see a robot "graze" the other quadrant as they often do now and be able to simply ignore it as most of the time, the bot is just turning or jockeying to head down the lane and a small portion of it breaks the plane temporarily.
Also, it's often really hard to see the far lane divider from the drivers station (especially in traffic) and the teams get violations and don't even know they did it. This would really clean things up.
P.S. Do NOT change the rule at the finish lines - leave it as: no breaking the plane.
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Last edited by FoleyEngineer : 23-04-2008 at 12:30.
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