pic: Rough matches out there.

[wasayanwer97]

Originally Posted by eddie12390

Just wondering, how did it happen and what will you do differently in the future to prevent it from happening again?

Well, honestly we're not exactly sure HOW it happened.
I'm waiting on match footage to help me determine it exactly.

What is evident, is that we were hit several times below the bumpers and on our frame perimeter, probably by an opposing robot's intake/appendage.
(Though we do know for sure that a sizable dent was created by an alliance partner in quals, considering some of their powder coat had been left on it.)

As for prevention, I'm not entirely sure to what degree anyone can prevent this from happening (aside from extra/different bracing and structure.) The refs are looking for in-frame contact out on the field, but anything below the bumpers is hard to see, for both them and the drivers. Robots have extensions, and collisions WILL happen.

Stuff like this happens out there on the field. The most we can do is be ready to fix it if it goes.