Re: How is 54" size limit being inspected?
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Originally Posted by cgmv123
(Post 1248481)
It has to be perpendicular to the floor when you're not in contact with the pyramid, so problem solved. It's also a lot harder to have a robot that doesn't fit in a cylinder when climbing, since there are infinite orientations for the cylinder to be and it only needs to fit in one to be legal.
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This doesn't solve the problem if the part of the robot that goes outside of a perpendicular cylinder only extends when the bot touches the pyramid. You still have to find that one cylinder that fits. What I'm asking is how a circle on the floor helps with this? Do you have the kids hold the robot at various angles until you either find one or give up?
I inspected a bot at GKC where we used carpenter's squares and long pieces of square aluminium stock as a guide for my tape measure. We were able to find a cylinder that fit. If the team ever extends their climbing appendage while not touching the pyramid they'll violate the rule; no way around it. This was time-consuming and tedious; I would like to think there's a better way. |
