A strategy note: Tipped robots

[MDodge27]

To make it simple. Make a sturdy robot so it doesn't tip.

[BRAVESaj25bd8]

I think that discussing whether a tipped robot can be an advantage/disadvantage for alliances is probably not in the overall spirit of FIRST. It lets people think about the strategy of possibly tipping a robot which is DEFINITELY not in the spirit of FIRST.

In the past, referees generally do allow a robot to be moved out of the way if it has been tipped over. However, before you move another team's robot, imagine if your robot was the one being pushed around after falling over. It probably would not feel very good to see your 6 weeks of hard work being smeared on the carpet just because another team wanted to win THAT badly.

So try to remember that even though you might not have the capability to help another robot up, you should do your best to try to avoid tipped robots (nobody wants their hard work being tossed around).

-my $0.02