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Originally Posted by artdutra04
Tristan already brought up some good points as how the definition of coordinate systems affects what is "relative to the robot".
IMHO, simplest way to word the volume restriction rule would be to state that:
Such wording would not include any limitations as to how you define the orientation of your cylinder. A good way to visualize this is using a giant bucket test.
Basically, at any given point in time, your robot must be able to be dropped into a giant virtual bucket that's Ø54" x 60"/84". As long as it can fit inside this bucket in some orientation, it's a legal configuration.
Much simpler for people to comprehend, and it does not negatively affect teams who based their designs on the pre 2013-01-15 update rulings. |
And that would make it consistent with FTC definitions as I understand them - your robot has to fit in a box in any orientation (I don't know FTC rules, someone told me this when we were sizing the minibot). Oh no, a new sizing box! Al, bring the forktruck back in.
Thankfully our design -which we spent excessive time on to get it within the previous rules - will still work with the new definition. Probably would have saved us half the week if we had this definition to start wth. Grrrrrrrrrrr.