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Originally Posted by Tuba4
The following has been posted to the Q & A system:
In a prior answer it was stated that an appendage can fork outside the frame perimeter yielding a Y shaped appendage. Can an appendage be attached to the frame at 2 points and terminate in 2 points as long as they are joined by a cross member, yielding an H shaped appendage?
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Why do we need a bar to make the H - shape? The robot it self is the cross bar of the H, at least as far as the contiguity test goes, that could pass.
If the robot itself CAN'T be the H-bar, then where beyond the two pivot points must the H-bar fall? Must it swing out past the perimeter to make it a legal forked arm? What if the deploy fails in the muddle and the H-bar stays inside the robot perimeter while the two tops of the H break the perimeter? Is this a double appendage deploy or can we trace contiguity back inside the perimeter and around between the two sides of the H?
We really need some better clarification on the same level as the way the bumper mounts are detailed with good example diagrams.
-RRLedford