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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries
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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson
Are Q&A's legal and binding or does it have to be in the rules to make it official?
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Yes. The Q&A is an extension set of the manual. Often the updates are issued to ensure the manual is up to date in regards to any rule changes that may come from the Q&A system.
I agree with your proposed definition of the bumper rules as well. I think they are trying to oversimplify this particular case, and therefore severely limiting teams.
I was expecting to see many mechanisms this year designed to cross the center barrier. Simple gurneys, or "skis" that would drop down and lift the front wheels over the barrier. As per that Q&A answer, and through Paul's analysis (which I agree with) this looks like an impossibility.
Chris brings up the same question I had. What if the extension coming down can collapse upon the weight of the robot. Or even better, what if upon realizing the robot was now sitting on a flat surface, it automatically retracted said extension? Meaning, as soon as the robot was lowered and made contact with a flat floor, it retracted its extension to be in compliance with the bumper rules? I agree this may be lawyering, but I'm really disappointed by that Q&A answer.
-Brando
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