block thrown ball

[MiniNerd24]

Okay thanks Erich

[KoulFireChick]

ok I can't really say but I say not to do that. You don't want to afford breaking a part of your robot. That and you don't want to risk a penalty for unfair gameplay or another reason.

[Wayne Doenges]

What keeps a robot, with an arm, from turning around, after it crosses the opponents finish line, and knocking a hurdled shot back at the hurdling robot

[Ragnarokae]

Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

What keeps a robot, with an arm, from turning around, after it crosses the opponents finish line, and knocking a hurdled shot back at the hurdling robot

HURDLE: When a TRACKBALL CROSSES a FINISH LINE while passing above the OVERPASS and then contacts either the floor or another ROBOT before re-contacting the originating ROBOT.

As long as you can hit the ball before it crosses the plane of the line, you are ok. Otherwise, it still counts as a hurdle if it touches your robot.

[Ty Tremblay]

You can be above 6 feet now.

[Ragnarokae]

Originally Posted by icdumbpeeps305

You can be above 6 feet now.

I was thinking that if the ball crosses the plane of the line, then it would count as a hurdle. So if one can hit the ball away before it crosses the line, it would prevent the hurdle.

But if they hit it after the ball crossed, it counts as a hurdle per the definition of hurdle:

HURDLE: When a TRACKBALL CROSSES a FINISH LINE while passing above the OVERPASS and then contacts either the floor or another ROBOT before re-contacting the originating ROBOT.

Emphasis added.

[Wayne Doenges]

I was thinking that if the ball crosses the plane of the line, then it would count as a hurdle. So if one can hit the ball away before it crosses the line, it would prevent the hurdle

Do you think the refs will consider the ball the way they consider the bots? What I mean is robot has to be fully over the line before it counts for points. Since the finish line appears to be equal/past the far side of the rack the ball would not be across the line until it falls off the rack so you could knock it back.
What do you think?

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

Do you think the refs will consider the ball the way they consider the bots? What I mean is robot has to be fully over the line before it counts for points. Since the finish line appears to be equal/past the far side of the rack the ball would not be across the line until it falls off the rack so you could knock it back.
What do you think?

Since that is the definition of both hurdle and crossing, I think that is correct.

[ALIBI]

Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

Do you think the refs will consider the ball the way they consider the bots? What I mean is robot has to be fully over the line before it counts for points. Since the finish line appears to be equal/past the far side of the rack the ball would not be across the line until it falls off the rack so you could knock it back.
What do you think?

Yes, Section 7.2 Definitions:

CROSSING: The act of a TRCKBALL or ROBOT passing through the plane defined by a line (i.e. LANE MARKER or FINISH LINE) when it is projected vertically upwards. A TRACKBALL or ROBOT shall have CROSSED a line when all parts of the object, while traveling in a counterclockwise
direction, have completely passed through the plane.

I was directed to this def. earlier when I asked whether or not the trackball must also move in a counter-clockwise direction, otherwise, I missed it.