Thread: Climbing the Pyramid Rules Cases
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Re: Climbing the Pyramid Rules Cases
Option 1 is illegal, in my opinion. I am assuming your robot is on the floor (level 0) when it deploys the grapple onto the vertical rail. The grapple then slides down until it hits the corner's horizontal rail. I assume you start to pull the robot off the floor at this time. Before you leave the floor, your grapple is around the vertical rail in zone 2, resting on the horizontal rail in zone 1 and touching the floor in zone 0. Clearly, this is not a legal climb.

Carry this reasoning to Option 2 and it is also illegal.

Will have to go back and look at the other options before commenting on them.

Sorry,

Dr. Bob
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