[YMTC]: Should we have gotten a penalty?

[smurfgirl]

Originally Posted by Leav

as opposed to hybrid mode, where they were "scored" based upon their location after rest?
(I recall reading that robots coasting across the line after the end-of-hybrid buzzer were counted as crossing that last line....)

I remember trackballs always score based upon their final resting location.. (that sounds morbid )
Aren't robots the same?

-Leav

Nope, they specifically score the robots and the trackballs differently.

Robots are scored "photo-finish" at the buzzer, rather than when they come to rest.

Trackballs are scored when they come to rest.

So, you should not have gotten a penalty since your robot crossed the finish line after the buzzer. The call was correct.

[GaryVoshol]

Robots were scored, both in hybrid and teleoperated, based on their position when the clock hit zero. Which hopefully coincided closely with the buzzer, but if there was a difference it was the clock that decided the end of the period.