Hello everyone,
some of you may have already seen activity on GitHub (give the Rules Repository a follow if you always want to be first to know).
Changes incorporated into the 2023-draft-rules branch of the repository:
- Scrapped 9V limit proposal for reasons outlined in this thread.
- Allowed multiple cameras and all kinds of optics (lenses, mirrors, etc., including off-the-shelf parts) based on reasons outlined in this thread
- Allow colored clothing to be worn as walls are high enough that tape is sufficient to block robots from viewing colored clothes discuss here
- did not end up requiring golf balls to be matte, advised teams to be prepared for anything and advised tournament organizers to choose matte and hard surface balls as much as possible discuss here
- Enlarging the playing field (just lines, not the table) so it ends just before the ramps on the side to prevent many lack of progress and out of reach situations. discuss here
- Change kicker regulations: discuss here:
- Increased kicker power limit for Open League
- new testing method
- max. 48V boost voltage for safety
- create regulations to safely make chip-kick possible (this has been postponed as we could not figure out how to make a chip-kick safe).
- testing data wanted
- ideas wanted for increase in LWL
- Introduced compatibility with communications module tested at Bangkok 2022 as a requirement only for intl. teams this year but everyone in the future. Discuss current and future plans here
Cheers,
David