david
August 7, 2022, 8:51am
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I agree with widening the field, but am I correct in understanding that the 10cm width of the perimeter means that the out-of-bounds rule only applies to the penalty area? Am I correct?
The current out-of-bounds rule is “if the robot’s entire body goes out beyond the white line of the field,” but if the outer area is reduced from 22 cm to 10 cm, it would be practically impossible for a robot’s body of 18 cm in diameter to go all the way beyond the white line into the outer area.
If the above is correct, I feel that the out-of-bounds strategy would be much easier as it would only need to be within the penalty area.
In fact, my impression from the Bangkok tournament was that the out-of-bounce strategy proved to be not easy, as teams with a decent out-of-bounce strategy, both LightWeight and Open, were strong.
This change will have an impact not only on future matches, but also on robot development. In other words, in exchange for the increased difficulty and reduced burden on referees gained by a larger field, will not the difficulty of out-of-bounds strategies be reduced, causing robots to go faster?
Best regards,
@MistyK all valid questions, I hope the initial post in this thread answers them. I will create a PR to reflect the “out of bounds if touching walls” rule in the draft, that PR had to get merged to publish the draft on short notice and it seems putting that language in escaped us.