Rethinking the Low bar

[mateoland]

Originally Posted by themccannman

The only thing that determines when an object tips over is when it's COM passes outside of it's footprint projected in the direction of gravity (downward).

The problem I saw with the higher robots was not necessarily that they would tip, but that so much time was spent waiting for the teetering to dampen out before being able to drive again. It plagued a couple of teams in Los Angeles. If they hadn't waited a moment to let the back and forth movement settle, they would have most likely driven "under themselves" and tipped backwards. Precious seconds lost multiple times in a match.