Assist System explained

[Bob Steele]

Originally Posted by cbudrecki

my big assist question:

Robot 1 in Red passes to Robot 2 in white. Robot 2, still in white, then passes back to Robot 1, now in blue. Robot 1 has no possession while in white. Would this count for the 3 assist rule?

No because robot 3 never possessed the ball in a unique zone.
simple as that.
You cannot get a triple assist without ALL of the robots possessing in unique zones.

[engunneer]

I saw elsewhere another way to think of the word assist that makes easy sense. You are assistingthe ball to be scored. Betw een one and three robots can assist the ball in it's goal of being scored. One assist is needed in each zone.

It is also important to remember that you need to be completely is a zone to get credit for the possession. It is possible for all three robots to posses the ball on zone borders and still only get no assist bonus.

[RufflesRidge]

Originally Posted by Bob Steele

I believe the alliance will rely on the monitor to see when the referees have indicated possession and then go back and fill in to get the bonuses...if necessary...the indication of possession should be real time but you must not rely on your OWN idea of what possession is but rather when the referee has seen it and recorded it.

The possession information is also shown using the light strings right in front of that robots driver's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc-a7-sxs4Q. But I agree that it will be important to make sure to not give the ball up until the light's you expect turn on.

[bobbyball]

It is my understanding that in order to get the 30 assist points, the unique zone pairs has to be a diagonal across the field. Please tell me if I'm wrong no one is perfect, and every one makes mistakes. I want this rule clarified.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by bobbyball

It is my understanding that in order to get the 30 assist points, the unique zone pairs has to be a diagonal across the field. Please tell me if I'm wrong no one is perfect, and every one makes mistakes. I want this rule clarified.

I have seen no such requirement.

Perhaps people are confused by the discussion of "rows" and "columns" for assists. These are on the display that's above the driver station. The rows are the color zones, the columns are the individual robots. Someone (I presume referees) will mark that "Robot 1 has possession in the White Zone". This will transfer to the display above the drivers, and then FMS will compile all the inputs to determine how many assists (unique zone/robot combinations) happened.