TOWER Malfunctions since Week 3

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by Jared341

At Philly, both 365 and 1403 deployed minibots that failed to trigger the tower (despite a very loud THUD at the top).

Watching the webcast on Friday (Thanks to Team 1517, the Lumberjacks), in their second match, the MOE minibot went up the pole twice and struck the plate both times. I assumed this was a deliberate change to the program to ensure no repeat of a field issue as in match #1. I found out later it was not planned, but when the minibot went back to the bottom of the tower the impact reset it. So it climbed and scored a second time.

Not a bad strategy though if you have field issues and a very fast minibot.