Intentionally tipping and disabling your own robot FTW...

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by EricH

Hmmm. Tristan, didn't you ref at one point? If so, would you consider a 9-13 foot tall robot falling towards either the robots or the refs/scorers/judges as a safety hazard? And, if a robot is deemed a safety hazard, it can be DQ'd, right? Not only that, but if it is routinely a safety hazard, the refs can refuse to allow it to compete until it is no longer a hazard, if I read the rules correctly.

I may be lawyering the rules a bit much, but I think this is the easy way to discourage this/allow red cards. Also, this effectively disables other robots (even more of a stretch).

I was actually considering posting exactly that, but decided against it. I figured that if the team is smart (and crazy) enough to plan out a strategy using this technique, they'll also be smart enough to fall toward the centre divider.