Greetings Folks,
I have been scanning Youtube to see how the new game is playing out in the regionals when I stumbled upon this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2yAqQNiWns
in this clip 3539 is herding the rolling goal before the end game buzzed. Is this Possession defined in the Q&A?
Quote:
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Possess / Possessing a Rolling Goal - Controlling the position and movement of a ROLLING GOAL. A ROLLING GOAL shall be considered in POSSESSION if, as the ROBOT moves or changes orientation (e.g. backs up or spins in place), the ROLLING GOAL remains in approximately the same position relative to the robot.
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Source:
http://ftcforum.usfirst.org/showthre...wfull=1#post93
Since they did two 90 degree turns and the goal stayed in roughly the same position, I would have to say they should have earned a penalty for this.
Clearly, the Refs decided it wasn't so in that match/regional it wasn't. Have other regionals been run with such a loss definition of "possession"? Have others been run with a more "letter of the law" approach? Has this been clarified?