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Structural Integrity of Competition Defenses?

Ever since Kickoff, I've had a lingering fear that a robot could accidentally break a defense. I haven't gotten a chance to go to a competition or even see a livestream this year so I'm not familiar with how the game is generally being played yet. I've heard nothing so far, but it's only the end of Week 1 (unless I'm wrong and a defense DID break at some point?). Theoretically, if something happened and a robot flies into a defense at full speed, what are the chances that a defense could break and what would happen to the match as a direct result if something DID break?
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Re: Structural Integrity of Competition Defenses?

At Granite State, the Low Bar fabric was ripped so many times that they ran out of backup fabric, and there were no fabric stores open nearby. So the fabric ended up being removed on both low bars, and human players were instructed not to bowl hard enough to send boulders into the opposing courtyard.
So yes, the low bar fabric was broken, and that temporary human player rule change was brought into effect.
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Re: Structural Integrity of Competition Defenses?

At Kettering District #1, the low bar fabric was torn to the point that they removed it from both bars with about 5 qualification matches left. The fabric was absent from the elimination matches. Human players were told to not bowl through the low bar. The sally port cover sheet also took some damage from teams running into it. The zip ties would break very often and the whole panel fell off the defense at least one time. The damage on the sally port didn't affect any matches or the event to my knowledge.
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Re: Structural Integrity of Competition Defenses?

At Southfield, one drawbridge split in two through normal game play, the rough terrain platform got bent, and I assume some other defenses got damaged, but this is what I saw personally. Also, during the playoffs, the stone decorative lexan on the sally door got broken off.
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Re: Structural Integrity of Competition Defenses?

In Duluth, we had the same low bar fabric issues as everyone else, but making replacements out of bumper fabric worked perfectly fine after we got them on the field. We had one drawbridge break - the lexan broke clean off at the base, and didn't even slow the robot down. Other than a few busted zip ties, that was really about it!
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Re: Structural Integrity of Competition Defenses?

At Toronto Central, our robot got entangled in the low bar fabric and we were disabled during Q22. The fabric panels on both low bars were removed after that. The match was replayed at the end of the day and the fabric had been replaced with red bumper fabric which seemed to hold out OK for the rest of the game.

I saw Koko Ed post in another thread that one of the portcullis defenses was shattered due to a robot repeatedly ramming it trying to get through.

The cheval de frise seemed to hold up well in ours, presumably after the modifications discovered in Week 0.5.
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Re: Structural Integrity of Competition Defenses?

At Greater Toronto Central, the welds on the low bar cracked. The bar was held then together with U bolts and wood spacers attached to the polycarbonate sidewalls.
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Re: Structural Integrity of Competition Defenses?

The pins holding the defenses in at Hatboro were regularly snapped and the defenses were pushed out of place. Low bar fabric was also destroyed a couple of times. Several other defenses had various damage. The field elements really cannot withstand the force of the robots this year.
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Re: Structural Integrity of Competition Defenses?

Has there ever been a year where there have been this many field elements, and/or where they have this much contact with robots?
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Re: Structural Integrity of Competition Defenses?

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Has there ever been a year where there have been this many field elements, and/or where they have this much contact with robots?
No. Add in the fact they are designed to be removed for different configurations is not helping.

I am really concerned for district championships. It will be very interesting to see what these defenses look like after 6 weeks of events.

One way teams can help is to not run full speed autonomous routines into the draw bridge, sally port, cdf, portcullis, and low bar.
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Several other defenses had various damage. The field elements really cannot withstand the force of the robots this year.
And that's exactly what I was worried about. As someone who is not in a mechanical subgroup, that was the first thing that came to mind... Mostly because the components used in the defenses looked really flimsy. Just watching a video of a match and seeing a robot pull the drawbridge down makes me cringe. It's so flimsy...

I dunno, the closest I come to working with bend-related issues is the bend radius on our wires
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And that's exactly what I was worried about. As someone who is not in a mechanical subgroup, that was the first thing that came to mind... Mostly because the components used in the defenses looked really flimsy. Just watching a video of a match and seeing a robot pull the drawbridge down makes me cringe. It's so flimsy...

I dunno, the closest I come to working with bend-related issues is the bend radius on our wires
The actual drawbridge material is very resistant to breaking (Lexan) you can bend it at 180 degree angle and it still wouldn't crack. The reason they have fallen apart is because of the harsh angle on the hinge causing the lexan to break free.
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Re: Structural Integrity of Competition Defenses?

Did anyone get penalized for damaging a field component per rule G12?

Our robot was responsible for destroying a low bar flap at Waterbury. I'm not sure if we were penalized, but we were stuck/ entangled for about 30 seconds
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The actual drawbridge material is very resistant to breaking (Lexan) you can bend it at 180 degree angle and it still wouldn't crack. The reason they have fallen apart is because of the harsh angle on the hinge causing the lexan to break free.
That's not entirely accurate-- here's a couple of pictures from the break at Northern Lights. As you can see, it's very clearly a break-- not the polycarbonate 'breaking free.'

Edit: I had the wrong context when I responded to this, and I don't think this is highly relevant to the post I quoted. It is relevant to the general discussion of defense durability though so I'm leaving it here.
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Is that not normal gameplay? Or is the word split what is wrong?
A split implies the lexan actually cracked. What you are seeing is the drawbridge acting as designed. I'm pretty sure having teams deal with the two pieces of lexan was not an intentional added challenge, it's just how the drawbridge is designed.
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