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Unread 30-03-2010, 19:10
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Re: Penalties for a part falling off of robot?

Honestly, it's not easy to make an absolute statement about this. As an example, if you drop a single bolt or a nut, I don't know that it should be called. However, if for example (with something that happened to us at Buckeye), the cover of your robot comes off completely or partially, you should at least get a penalty for extending beyond standard configuration. Of course, in the above mentioned case, it also made it so that we weren't elevated because it hung down a lot.
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