Thread: Penalties for a part falling off of robot?
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Unread 29-03-2010, 07:12
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Re: Penalties for a part falling off of robot?
We had a match where a pair of pliers fell on the field. This I think SHOULD be a penalty for negligence. I don't think small items falling from bots should be penalties unless they pose a threat to the operation of other bots, ans they are not usually obvious and attributable to a certain bot. In the case of larger items which could flip up and get snagged into the drive trains of other bots, I feel that the penalty is justified. Remember what caused the crash of the Concorde? It was a part that fell onto the runway from an earlier jet's takeoff.

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