Interesting Q/A's

[Swan217]

Originally Posted by Jon K.

http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=182 That one is great, it asks about the end of auto, and the GDC answered for the end of the match. Very wierd.

Originally Posted by GDC

The scoring system has been designed with this situation in mind. The counting system for the Corner Goals will be turned off as the buzzer sounds and the period ends. Balls that have not entered the Corner Goal when the period ends will not be counted. Balls thrown at the Center Goal will be counted if they have been released from the robot at the end of the period, and are in flight or in the goal as the buzzer sounds.

They seem to have answered the question for all four of the periods, including autonomous.


I think that the "no flopping bots" rule is quite interesting, a la 2005 HOT and 2002 Hammond.

Originally Posted by G17

<G17> ROBOT Orientation - ROBOTs must maintain their vertical orientation with respect to their starting
position throughout the match. ROBOTs may not intentionally tip over onto one of their initially vertical
sides and operate with this side parallel to the ground. If a ROBOT is accidentally or intentionally tipped
over onto its side, it cannot score any balls in any goals from this orientation.