Team update 3/6/2012

[martin417]

Originally Posted by JamesCH95

Maybe for some teams, but the angle would be obliterated by robots like ours that can quite easily tip the bridge away and clean out balls from underneath it.

I think it would be very unfair to teams like mine who solved the original problem but would run a serious risk of 'damage to playing field' penalties if the field element design was changed radically.

We took the mentality that it was just another challenge to overcome and another feature to set our robot apart. I'll admit I'm a little disappointed with the change because it takes an advantage away from teams like ours that worked hard to have that extra capability.

/mild rant

Except that was not stated intent of the GDC. The Bridge was designed so that balls could be removed by pushing the bridge down on the opposite side. The bridge did not function as designed and published at the beginning of the season. The change was made to try to correct this flaw. Had the GDC not published the ball deflector as a means of ball clearing, both in the field drawings and the Field tour video, you might have a point.