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Tipped robot
Rookie question here: what happens if a robot get tipped over? Does it get set back up? Is it out? What if one team knocks over another bot on accident? On purpose?
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Re: Tipped robot
It just stays there till the end of the match. There is a penalty for purposefully doing such things.
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Re: Tipped robot
The rules allow your alliance partner to try to help you back up. But with only 14" of appendage to work with this year, that possibility seems remote.
Also, your opponents are not allowed to touch you in the first 10 seconds you are down. In ref training, we were reminded that dead robots can both score points and commit fouls. |
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Re: Tipped robot
As wireties said, a tipped robot will be left tipped for the rest of the match, unless it, or another robot, rights itself. I'm guessing the answer you're looking for is, no, the event staff (referees, field techs, etc.) will not right a fallen robot. That would be dangerous.
Intentionally tipping a robot is illegal and will incur fouls (the exact fouls escape my mind now), but accidental tipping is "okay" ("okay" meaning not penalized, though not necessarily a nice thing to do). I believe if it is noticed that a robot repeatedly tips other robots, they may be called for egregious behavior (a yellow card, or a red card for continued occurance). Hope this helps, Leeland |
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Re: Tipped robot
To add onto the question: If it's after the 10 second grace period, can you attempt to right an opponent's robot? You know, the whole GP thing.
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Re: Tipped robot
Nothing specifically disallows that, but you have to watch out for things like contact inside the frame perimeter.
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Re: Tipped robot
Illegal, as per [G27]:
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Don't do it unless you know for sure everybody's OK with it. Protip: You'll never know for sure who's OK with it. Last edited by remulasce : 27-02-2012 at 02:55. |
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Re: Tipped robot
if your robot does tip, and there's no hope of righting it within the 10 seconds, E-STOP IT not doing so might result in a penalty towards your alliance
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In seasons past, this would have been acceptable. The rule changed last year I believe, and continued into this year. Quote:
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Re: Tipped robot
Make sure you ask this question in the drivers meeting.
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Re: Tipped robot
A good argument can be made that once you give up righting a tipped robot, disabling it is the safe thing to do. So E stopping a tipped over robot should not be against the rules. To my way of thinking, using the e stop should never be almost never penalized. Maybe the actions just prior can carry the heavy penalty to prevent a team from stopping a robot in a critical area. Or a team obviously using the estop solely for an competitive advantage.
Do not confuse my thoughts with official interpretation of the rules. |
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Re: Tipped robot
If you really want to e-stop your robot if it tips over, design it so the battery falls out in such circumstances. Then again, it might fall out at other times too.
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Re: Tipped robot
While there is a penalty for tipping a robot on purpose, a defending bot could still play very aggressive defense that causes the opposing robot to tip. In my experience, refs don't call it intentional very often. The best strategy is to not have a high center of gravity and watch out for getting hit when on bridges or crossing the barrier.
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