Velcro tread

[Max Boord]

Originally Posted by EricH

Just to run this to ridiculous...

Suppose two higher-CG robots are in a pushing match. Neither has Velcro tread--but in a previous match, a robot with Velcro tread got into a pushing match and shredded the carpet near that area--but, due to the nature of Velcro damage, it wasn't spotted and covered. Now, suppose that one robot is winning already... and then the other hits the slick area left by the Velcro-bot and loses traction. The pushing robot now takes a huge power advantage, slams the pushee right through the slick area and to the wall, inadvertently getting under their bumpers and sending them over the wall into the nearest volunteer who doesn't have a chance to get out of the way. Is it still not a safety issue?

No but you may want to ban all types of wheels as this could happen just by having a robot with traction wheels and a robot with slick wheels getting into a pushing match.

Originally Posted by EricH

And you still haven't answered this: Velcro attaches to the field, which is specifically disallowed in the game rules.

How exactly do you get traction without attaching to the field carpet?