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Originally Posted by Ken Leung
To me, the opponent must bear some responsibility in designing their robot such that when they are crossing the bump, they cannot be tipped easily. Otherwise, no one will dare doing any sort of defense on the bump. If any actions that lead to a tipped robot also lead to a penalty, regardless of the situation, I am just going to let the opponent cross the bump.
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I agree completely. Our robot, on it's own should not tip over during normal bump crossings. We are, however, one of those robots that "hangs over" as it attempts to cross the bump. We fully expect to be tipped at some point when making an ill advised bump crossing and will be prepared for when it happens.
As a coach I lobbied heavily for righting capability as I didn't want to be responsible for making the call (to go over the bump) that got us flipped and have sit there helpless the rest of the match. As a team we decided that the penalty (not in the rules sense of the word) for being flipped was too great to take the risk of not being able to get back up.