Send-Home Devices

[Kevin Ray]

Matt Reiland --apology accepted!!!
I understand fully about the frustration regarding the interpretation of rules that teams are experiencing. I too, wondered about the spray of thread flying off the floor during some matches, and why there were no DQ's. In fact I think it was either the Philly, or the NYC regional that you could see that duct tape was used to repair the field after a particularly strong rototiller went at the carpet.

And YES!!! tethers are fair game, as are mice and all other send home devices. In fact, our mouse is designed to interact with OTHER send home devices which are limited in their ability to steer or back up. We know that others will/may go after the device and have taken measures to ensure its survival--and it is encumbant upon US to make sure that it withstands rough play.

I honestly feel bad that there were teams who were warned about interacting with send home devices. That gives a doube-unfair advantage to the teams who have them. Any robot on the field should be allowed to interact with another robot strategically as long as their is no malicious intent--I think that that is relatively easy to discern.

Again, Matt thanks for writing back. Look forward to meeting you and seeing your robot at the Nats.