Your tall opaque robot is now illegal

[Jared Russell]

Any robot made of matter exerts gravitational pull that messes with my accelerometer, and is therefore illegal.

(There, I think I've taken the pedantry to its logical conclusion)

[Zebra_Fact_Man]

Originally Posted by Jared Russell

Any robot made of matter exerts gravitational pull that messes with my accelerometer, and is therefore illegal.

(There, I think I've taken the pedantry to its logical conclusion)

I find this argument rather shallow and pedantic.

[IronicDeadBird]

Our robot uses echolocation to navigate I ask that NOBODY MAKE ANY NOISE otherwise we will fault you for disrupting our sensor abilities. Sorry you had 6 weeks to design with the fact that our team was going to use Echolocation its not my fault you didn't make a silent robot...

[pwnageNick]

Aside from effecting mechanisms, defensive robots, cheesecake, etc.

At a grander level this makes shorter robots whose cameras could possibly be obstructed a little more valuable and tall robots with cameras unblockable a little less valuable.

The tall teams that made the strategic tradeoff in the beginning of the season probably aren't super happy right now..

[IronicDeadBird]

This all cuts both ways right? Like if we had a tall robot and we drove in front of our team mate just on the field at any point in time would we be flagged?

[EmileH]

Originally Posted by IronicDeadBird

Our robot uses echolocation to navigate I ask that NOBODY MAKE ANY NOISE otherwise we will fault you for disrupting our sensor abilities. Sorry you had 6 weeks to design with the fact that our team was going to use Echolocation its not my fault you didn't make a silent robot...

Don't forget about the audience, especially if you plan on having a good robot.

[efoote868]

Q: "We want to modify our robot with a component specifically intended to do something outlawed by the rules. Is that against the rules?"

A: "Yes, a component intended to break the rules is against the rules"

CD: RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!


While I hate rules based on intent, the answer to the question should not shock anyone. If the purpose of the component on your robot is to do pretty much anything other than interfere with the drivers or sensors of another robot, it is permitted by rule 9. The fact that it might interfere doesn't matter.

[JohnFogarty]

Originally Posted by Jared Russell

Any robot made of matter exerts gravitational pull that messes with my accelerometer, and is therefore illegal.

(There, I think I've taken the pedantry to its logical conclusion)

Your robot's motors generate a magnetic field that messes with our robot's magnetometer. ILLEGAL!!!!¡¡¡¡