Team Update #18

[Adam Freeman]

Originally Posted by squirrel

Which team? the team that failed to TRIGGER the TARGET, or the teams on the opposing alliance?

Come on now....

I was referring to the team that failed to trigger the target.

I would not want to win a match, District Championship, State Championship, or World Championship because my opposition built a minibot that was faster than mine, beat it up the pole, hit the target with the specified FORCE, but the sensors did not TRIGGER the target.

Especially if their minibot has an approaching 100% success rate and the failed TRIGGER is the result of some interation of unknown variables.

Seems to me checking to see if minibots trigger the target could be part of inspections. If you get the ok at inspections, then it is assumed that the minibot is designed correctly.

The refs would have the ultimate power to either believe or over rule the sensors. If a sensor does not trigger, but the team has passed minibot inspection (including triggering), the refs can determine the winner and assign the points accordingly. If it is too close to call, then the match will be replayed due to a field fault.

Its already bad enough that we spent 6 weeks designing a HOSTBOT that can achieve all the tasks of this game at a very high level, only to have it marginalized by a minibot that every team can build in one day.