IRI Rule Changes - 2008

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by Josh Murphy

Just looking for a clarifification on the following scenario. Red team places a red trackball at the end of the match, but the red team is still touching the red trackball when time expires. Will it count as placed and recieve the bonus or will it not be counted? or are you going to be looking at if the ball is being supported by the red robot? just a question that I have been wondering about for a while now because it was called differently at different regionals that I attended.

At IRI...
At the end of the match, when the balls and the robots come to rest, if the red alliance robot is touching the red ball placed on the overpass, then the bonus points do not count.

During the FIRST season...
This determination was made at the sound of the buzzer at the end of the match. If the red robot was touching the red ball at that sound, it did not count. If it was not touching at the time of the buzzer, the ball would count regardless of where the robot came to rest.

Andy B.