Programming the last thing a robot does...

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by efoote868

Anything our robot does in the last second, I doubt, would change the result of the game. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that there are any "continuance" rules... if the robot stops and the ball is still going, the clock runs out and the ball scores, I don't believe that counts.

In the past the rule has been to let everything come to a complete rest. This year will be interesting to see how balls will be counted as they continue rolling on the field after the game is over.

There may actually be a rule about this already that I am unfamiliar with if someone can quote one that would be cool, but if not a Q&A question may be in order.


As far as moving everything back to a home postion after the match is over, if something is pnuematically driven you can always safely let the air out of the system, and move the components freely that are attached to them, but if it is a motor it may be more difficult unless you backdrive the motor manually (with the motors that can actually be backdriven by hand).

Always keep a tether cable handy and in the worst case scenario bring out your control panel and your tether and put your robot in the home position on the field... or carry it off the field and do it there before returning to your pit if space is a huge issue.