[davidthefat]

Originally Posted by TVwazhere

Yeah. In the animation, it bounces before grabbing the second bar.... hence leaving level 0, being suspended momentarily on level one before grabbing level 2. I had that question originally but looking back on it it just barely avoids the penalty

But the rule states that a legal climb is when the robot contacts the pyramid sequentially. The pyramid does not include the airspace, or you will never have a "legal climb". If the air space was considered part of the pyramid in that level, to get to suspended in the 1st level, your hook would intrude into the 2nd level air space. That would mean that it was not a legal climb because you are in 3 levels at one time (0, 1, 2). But that is the wrong interpretation. Airspace is not part of the pyramid of the corresponding level; but it is still part of the "level" when counting points. The pyramid is only the steel structure.

A ROBOT has CLIMBED its PYRAMID if it contacts the PYRAMID in

sequential order (Level 0, 1, 2, 3) during ascent and
no more than two (2) Levels simultaneously.


If a CLIMB is considered unacceptable (e.g. a ROBOT has touched non-adjacent Levels or more than two (2) Levels at a time), a Referee will indicate a rejected CLIMB by turning the offending ROBOT’S PLAYER STATION LED strings yellow. The ROBOT will be ineligible for CLIMB points unless and until it begins a new CLIMB from the floor, Level 0.