Disabling a robot

[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by dmaciel10123

I've seen matches where an entire bumper fell off the the bot continued to be enabled for the rest of the match.

Originally Posted by Peyton Yeung

Really? I reffed 2 events this season and it seemed that this year more robots were disabled due to bumber issues than last year.

That's exactly the problem. It varies a lot from event to event. I have to agree with David. I also saw plenty of robots drive without bumpers this season. I understand wanting to let a team play that is barely out of compliance, but as soon as they cause an on-field infraction like this, there is little room for judgement. If the bumper is laying on the floor, impeding traffic, or getting pulled up into another robot's drive train, then it would be crazy not to disable them.