Thread: G28, Q&A 83, and Noodling a Can Without Touching it
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Re: G28, Q&A 83, and Noodling a Can Without Touching it
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Originally Posted by Jared View Post
You got points for part of your robot being on a certain part of the field. Most teams thought that extending a tape measure across the field and into the end zone wasn't legal, until a Q and A response changed things.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3868
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3696
Nope. Worse than that. The Q & A stated "tape measures are not legal" but the team update never said anything about it.

Week 1 comes and teams had tape measures ... ruled legal. Those of us that read the Q & A took ours off.
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