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Re: How does 469 not violate <R19>?

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Originally Posted by pfreivald View Post
Sorry, I'm on HughesNet, which is *very* downloading-pdfs-from-usfirst.com unfriendly. What is R02-C that would make it illegal to block the tower, and if they happen to deflect off of you in autonomous, they would not be penalized? (Please note that it would not be our robot that causes them to cross the white line -- it would be their drive train and their programming when faced with a situation that they perhaps did not anticipate.)



Seems unlikely given the overall time frame. At best you're probably looking at a penalty for extending when not in contact with the tower. (That would be *in addition* to a white line penalty, if any).
I don't know exactly what 469 is doing, but I'd be shocked if any deflecting would cause their robot to cross the white line. I'm willing to bet that 469 uses an encoder based navigation system so their robot always knows where it is on the field, Since it knows where it is, it knows not to cross the white line.
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