New Penalty Thread -

[MisterX]

Aidan if it is all right seeing as how you will be a judge for UTC could I just ask for clarification? Is their two different pinnings (you said it twice) or just the >10? By starting envelope you meaqn where the robot sits and is touching the player station right? and finally for the human players is their a line drawn on the carpet benieth the metal so the plane is clearly marked?

[Swan217]

I'll field those questions.
A) Lol, Aidan must have been copying from the Referee Guide - they have pinning listed twice (Assume it's a typo).
B) Yes - Starting Envelope is the 30"X36"X60" spot straddling the line against the diamond plating where your robot should be before the match begins.
C)The ball corral actually has a 1" aluminum "lip" at the bottom which clearly defines the plane. If you go over the lip, then you have crossed the plane.

[Aidan F. Browne]

^^^^ Yeah - what he said.



Aidan

[dddriveman]

I was just wondering if it is in question the a robot is shooting a projectile of some sort more than ten fet per second how would you check to make sure that they are not. I saw a few teams with like fishing rods or something flexable like that fling it towards the bar. It was obvious that they were not launching it over ten feet per second. It made me wonder though how they would check that.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by dddriveman

I was just wondering if it is in question the a robot is shooting a projectile of some sort more than ten fet per second how would you check to make sure that they are not.

Videotape and freeze frame with single frame advance makes an effective speedometer for things like that.

[DukesElectrical]

Crossing the plane was the biggest one we saw. We got nailed once and it cost us the match. However, in one match our robot was on its back and our partner had forgotten to take out their battery so they couldn't run, but we still managed to win the match because our human player rocks and the other two teams got two penalties.

It was actually a bit discouraging that so many matches were being decided by penalties.

[Dominicano0519]

The only penalties I saw were offsides (35 or 40 points a piece)

our alliance partners kept on crossing over

It happened twice to us, the first time it happened we won anyway

however two matches later it happened a second time we were ahead by 39 points and we got a 40 point penalty and we lost by 1 point.

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by Dominicano0519

The only penalties I saw were offsides (35 or 40 points a piece)

our alliance partners kept on crossing over

It happened twice to us, the first time it happened we won anyway

however two matches later it happened a second time we were ahead by 39 points and we got a 40 point penalty and we lost by 1 point.

Hey! Check the date. You are two years ex-post-facto.

[Steve S.]

Im gonna start a new thread for this year

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by team1591

Im gonna start a new thread for this year

Well - OK, if you must. But a word of caution to any and all who value their reputation, we get to use 47 reps/day.