Answered: Pneumatics not being disabled in auton

[Cameron_Schiller]

As far as i know, pneumatics are not disabled by the field control after autonomous. Would it be legal to have a 16 second long autonomous, and in the last second of auton the robot releases a skyrise piece from its pneumatically controlled skyrise claw and scores 4 points. Basically, my question is: Is it legal to take advantage of the field control system not disabling pneumatics to score points after the robot has been disabled. The only pertinent rules i could find are:

Autonomous Period – A 15-second (0:15) time period when the Robots operate and react only to sensor
inputs and to commands pre-programmed by the team into the onboard Robot control system.

<G10> Scores will be calculated for all Matches immediately after the Match after all objects on the field
come to rest.

Thanks Karthik!

[Karthik]

@Cameron Schiller

As far as i know, pneumatics are not disabled by the field control after autonomous. Would it be legal to have a 16 second long autonomous, and in the last second of auton the robot releases a skyrise piece from its pneumatically controlled skyrise claw and scores 4 points. Basically, my question is: Is it legal to take advantage of the field control system not disabling pneumatics to score points after the robot has been disabled. The only pertinent rules i could find are:

No, this is not legal.

[Cameron_Schiller]

@Karthik

No, this is not legal.

Thanks! How will this rule be enforced during a competition if a robot’s pneumatics go off just milliseconds after the 15 seconds? Spectators (and the robot’s team) might not notice the robot breaking the rules. This may just seem like nitpicking but it can easily illegally score a team 4 more points.

[Karthik]

@Cameron Schiller

Thanks! How will this rule be enforced during a competition if a robot’s pneumatics go off just milliseconds after the 15 seconds? Spectators (and the robot’s team) might not notice the robot breaking the rules. This may just seem like nitpicking but it can easily illegally score a team 4 more points.

Referees will be doing their best to watch for any Robot movements after the end of the Autonomous Period.

[Cameron_Schiller]

Ok thank you!

[Karthik]

@Cameron Schiller

Ok thank you!

You’re welcome!