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Unread 29-03-2010, 16:44
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Re: Penalties for a part falling off of robot?

Did anyone ask about this in the Q&A yet?

It was being called in Boston too, and I don't really get it. Teams aren't intentionally detaching parts to change the game. 229 didnt get penalized when they blew a tread because they hit the estop. But 1100 dropped out I think half their drivetrain in a match with us and got a penalty (even though they appeared to be disabled after that). I wasnt on the field and dont know the specific calls, but at any rate, robots falling apart after being designed and built in 6 weeks shouldnt cause a penalty. No one designs their robots to fall apart, but things break... I cant recall this ever being a penalty in FIRST in the past. Maybe we all need to use the fact that we can all now use duct tape and wrap our robots in duct tape or even saran wrap so they cant drop anything!
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