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Al Skierkiewicz Al Skierkiewicz is offline
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I know this is a sore point for teams who have failures with control systems, but...
In the scheme of things, FIRST has instituted the rule of no rematches and tied it with the throwing out of the lowest score in oder to keep the competition moving. If you have been to a regional, you will note that no matter how well planned the event is, somewhere between 9:00AM and 9:01AM things start to go awry and backup. It is something we all live with and it is the only rule thus far that is consistent and expected.
As to radio cutout, there have been RF monitors at FIRST events to check for interference to insure that teams are not interacting with other teams. Some people do forget and power up in the pits without the tether.(Big mistake and very dangerous!) When both teams at a player station cutout at the same time and the rotating lights extinguish at the same time, the first place to look is at the player competition ports at that station. However, it is not impossible for both robots on a team to reach low battery at the same time and reset their respective robot controllers. It does appear that short dips in the power supply can scramble the robot interface without a full reset occurring. Sorry you guys got skunked.
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