In talking with one of our refs for our upcoming tournament he asked a good question of what happens if a robot expands and toggles a high flag during autonomous?
My initial thought is that the other alliance wins autonomous.
Also, that is in violation of one of the rules that I can’t find now(in one of the ref videos?) and it says that is an immediate disqualification. So, If it occurs in autonomous is that robot then DQ’d at the end of the match? - The match plays out to get the SP, but the robot is DQ’d.
Thanks
<SG2> Robot expansion is limited once the Match begins. As per <G3>, at the beginning of a Match, each Robot must be smaller than a volume of 18” (457.2 mm) long by 18” (457.2 mm) wide by 18” (45.72 mm) tall. a. Once the Match begins, a Robot which is contacting the Expansion Zone may expand vertically with no height limit. However, once fully outside of the Expansion Zone (i.e. no longer contacting it), the Robot must return to a height limit of 18” (45.72 mm) tall.b. Once the Match begins, Robotsmay expand, but no horizontal dimension can exceed 36” (914.4 mm) at any point during the Match. c. As a result of this rule, Robots may not contact High Flags.
A Robot which interferes with gameplay as a result of violating this rule, such as Scoring a High Flag or blocking a launched Ball while outside of the Expansion Zone, will result in a Disqualification, whether the interference is Match Affecting or not. Minor violations of this rule that do not affect or interfere with the Match will result in a warning. Match Affecting offenses will result in a Disqualification. Teams that receive multiple warnings may also receive a Disqualification at the Head Referee’s discretion.
<SG7> Use Game Objects for gameplay.Scoring Objects cannot be used to accomplish actions that would be otherwise illegal if they were attempted by Robot mechanisms.a. High Flags may only be contacted by Balls that are not being contacted by a Robot. Minor violations of this rule that do not affect the Match will result in a warning. Match Affectingoffenses will result in a Disqualification. Teams that receive multiple warnings may also receive a Disqualification at the Head Referee’s discretion.
This happened to my team at a competition back in December when our robot got stuck on the flag post during auton and raised its arm into a flag. The other team took auton, and because the flag flip was match affecting, we got a DQ for the match.