Questions about certain calls at UCF

[Cory]

Any kind of interference in a loading zone is a 30 pt penalty. FIRST removed the section that said "with intent to load a tetra"

You should be able to coast back.

And if your robot is touching a tetra of it's own color, all tetras of that color above the one touching are not counted either.

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by Cory

Any kind of interference in a loading zone is a 30 pt penalty. FIRST removed the section that said "with intent to load a tetra"

This is wrong. As of Update #15, G15 still says that the 30 point penalty applies only to a robot recieving/retreiving a tetra. The only change in wording is to clarify that this recieving process does not end until the robot has left the loading zone. Thus, G15 still protects the introduction of tetras and is not intended to create a perpetual safe zone.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

This is wrong. As of Update #15, G15 still says that the 30 point penalty applies only to a robot recieving/retreiving a tetra. The only change in wording is to clarify that this recieving process does not end until the robot has left the loading zone. Thus, G15 still protects the introduction of tetras and is not intended to create a perpetual safe zone.

I gues you're right. I invented that section of the rules.

I am almost 100% sure that during the drivers meeting Aidan said that FIRST had made a rule change to state that any interference in the loading zone is now a 30 pt penalty regardless of intent.