Announcing THOR, an offseason event in North Carolina

[joshsmithers]

Originally Posted by lukevanoort

Rules: THOR will be playing by the 2008 FIRST Overdrive rules, with the IRI modifications.

As a clarification, when we say IRI modifications, we mean the following only:

Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

1. For the lane dividers only, a robot has to completely cross back over the lane divider to be penalized. There is no change to the rules regarding the start / finish lines. Multiple line crossings will acrue multiple penalties.

2. Scoring will be based on robot and ball position when they have come to rest, not when the clock expires. In general, this will be 3 - 5 seconds after time has expired.

As in the past, teams also have a 'honorary' 5 pound grace for the robots. There will not be a weigh in or inspection, but if a robot is suspect the referees retain the right to require verification of size and weight.

In other words, we won't be having four-team alliances at THOR. Also, in case anyone was wondering what THOR stands for, we are currently deciding between two, very good phrases.