Ramp Scoring, At 00:00 or After?

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by greencactus3

so wait. if a robot is running full speed towards the ramp, and right before the buzzer it shifts to neutral, and a couple seconds (within 10) after the buzzer it rolls onto and stays on the ramp. is that going to be scored?

There have been bots over the years that had mechanisms that were triggered at the end of the match, or when the power to the controllers is removed, and they moved in a way to score points after the buzzer.

Very impressive if you can pull it off. One that comes to mind is the game of 1999, when the bots had to hold scoring objects 8 feet in the air to score.

a few had slow moving spring or surgical tubing extenders that raised slowly after being released.

Total engineering elegance when it works.