No-show teams and trailers

[Chris Fultz]

Originally Posted by Richard

Alternately, perhaps no-shows should simply be prohibited. Put another way, teams might be required to place a robot on the field and hitch it to a trailer, whether they think it can be competitive or not.

Except this would then remove the robot and 4 members of the team from the pit and the team would lose 20 - 30 minutes of build / rebuild time, possibly causing them to have a non-functioning robot for another, later match.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

Except this would then remove the robot and 4 members of the team from the pit and the team would lose 20 - 30 minutes of build / rebuild time, possibly causing them to have a non-functioning robot for another, later match.

Fair comment, Chris. Time to build, improve, and/or repair robots is a precious resource.

How would you interpret <S04> in the case of no-shows?

Originally Posted by 2009 FRC Game Manual, Section 7

<S04> Permitted ROBOTS - Any ROBOT used during a MATCH must be in compliance with all Robot Rules (as defined in Chapter 8). Any ROBOT in violation of a Robot Rule will automatically be assigned a PENALTY and may receive a Yellow Card, depending on the severity of the infraction.

Should a no-show team's alliance partners be excused from the penalty required by this rule if the team says "our robot isn't ready so we won't compete"?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Richard

Fair comment, Chris. Time to build, improve, and/or repair robots is a precious resource.

How would you interpret <S04> in the case of no-shows?Should a no-show team's alliance partners be excused from the penalty required by this rule if the team says "our robot isn't ready so we won't compete"?

Remember that it's kind of hard to violate a rule if you aren't there...

I expect that once asked, this will show up in an Update on Friday.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Richard

How would you interpret <S04> in the case of no-shows?Should a no-show team's alliance partners be excused from the penalty required by this rule if the team says "our robot isn't ready so we won't compete"?

Originally Posted by EricH

Remember that it's kind of hard to violate a rule if you aren't there...

<S04> starts, "Any robot used during a match ..." If it's not used, there's no penalty under <S04>.