[Alex Dinsmoor]

I was taking pictures on the field during that match, and was standing next to the table with all of the officials at it and I heard most of the conversation going on.

When the battery first fell out, I saw one of the refs (it might of been the head) signaling to stop the match. Soon after he started, many of the other officials followed. Then the FTA had a very quick discussion on wither they should stop the match or not, and then quickly pressed the button.

This discussion was made by the majority of the officials on the field, including the FTA.

Once the robot were told to be reset, I was standing next to Dave V and he mentioned to a volunteer that that should not have been a reset, just a penalty.


If it was up to me I would have let them play. Hopefully FIRST will release a statement about the specifics of why they restarted the match.