Tipping opponents robots

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09-02-2010, 21:43

Al Skierkiewicz Al Skierkiewicz is offline

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Re: Tipping opponents robots

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Originally Posted by Homsar66

That's what I thought, but then how is a ref going to tell the difference between a hit designed to flip a robot and a hit designed to stop a robot? I wouldn't think they would leave such an arbitrary decision to a ref.

Refs, FTAs and LRIs are the most highly trained volunteers in the competition. After seeing a few matches they will most certainly know.

I bet your answer contains the words "that would not be in the spirit of the FRC".

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