Re: Containers on Ramps
 

he said past the ramps, i.e. so there is a straight line between the bin and the robot, going through the plexiglass.

actually.. the ramp is partly in the scoring zone. If a bin is touching the carpet and ramp, it's a legal point. However, placing a bin onto the ramp would cause it to be at an angle to the horizontal. This would violate GM18 and thus not be allowed.

Where is this number of 5.1 pounds coming from for the box weight? I have picked one up, they weigh less than 3 pounds at most and are easily handled by a human player. Any team without a human that can lift 12 pounds with two hands might be in trouble, but i dont see that happening.

Who says you have to carry them all at once. It would slow you down, but you could theoretically make multiple trips.

The ramp is over the gray carpet therefore not in a scoring zone.

I do agree if a container was placed on the ramp while still contacting the red or blue carpet it would be worth one possibly two points.

I disagree its a violation of GM18 - "facing" to me means "oriented toward".

You say Poe-ta-toe, I say Poe-tot-toe

I weighed one in at 4.885lbs. I plan to measure more than one, however, because I doubt these bins are precise in their weight. I'm sure it's faily inconsistant. However, 3 lbs is light. You either:

1. Have the wrong bins.

2. Have a bad scale.

or

3. lifted it up and said "ehhh... that's about 3 lbs..."

10 seconds is really short for multiple trips.