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Re: Odd things the rules allow, and should probably be changed
We do that already, and it is always encouraged to help those not ready yet, to get ready. My question was...Is it legal? Does that violate the word or the spirit of Rule R17? (If not, anything can be done). FIRST FRC is quite far fetched...(If you are on the outside looking in). Building a 2 parallel wheeled personal transport...Or, providing safe drinking water for millions in the world...Hugely Farfetched. Ri3D is quite farfetched, when you think about it, given some teams aren't even ready, after 6 weeks time.
Thinking outside the box (as long as it is legal by the rules), with nearly 5 more weeks still to go, and all the resources (a design idea, raw materials, contact info, etc., and a workable idea & plan, is not that farfetched at all). It is what FIRST Robotics is.
An RC Set- 8 points, is worth more points than either a Robot Set-4 points, or a Tote Set-6 points, in Auto (but not the Tote Stack-20 points of course). Why not make sure the least of us, and the most of us, can all get it (there will be many Q matchups of that other bit too, 3 great robots, that cannot all get everything they wish to, all accomplished in just the short 15 seconds, they may just often, all be competing for the same "on field jobs" as built too, and find they just might also sometimes need the pc.).
A very small team investment (time/materials/each shared as insurance), if within the rules of the game of course, could be found very lucrative faced w/ either situation....Never mind a quick improvement of the can't do much in Auto, Bots there always are. Helping them do more helps all of us together this year.
It also makes the Tote Stack, a whole lot easier to accomplish, if all 3 RC's are cleared away first (Immediately),into the auto zone (and all in an upright position is a pure bonus), making that task and others much easier. And it would clear the way for the shelf wars, to also be accomplished with just 3 robots.
Farfetched idea maybe, game strategy, oh yes. (Contacting just 40 other teams via e-mail, fairly easy, that info is avail.! Managing a 15 minute build w/ many hands, and the matl's & plans...How hard can that be, as at Thursday events, practice does not even start until Noon this year). Get in inspection line together as soon as shared manipulators are completed, hand them to the next robot in line, and the next....While we build, their BOMS are updated by other team members.....Everyone has at least 1 team member that they can spare for 15 minutes in the morning on Thursday to help build the pcs.). Adding 1 speed controller to each participating robot and minor wiring, and a breaker, and figuring how to mount it before bagging or that morning, 2 holes drilled 2 bolts and wingnuts, plug it in, add a bit of code (something already being talked about elsewhere on CD of building a straight drive "code library in all formats used," for any usual AUTO non-movers to make the Robot Set, and helping them implement it). The RoboRIO is a different creature right? You can choose from multiple Auto code choices?
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Farfetched or not...Did you agree that it may just be "within the rule" even if farfetched, or that anything said was absolutely in violation of R17 and would never fly? I was just parsing the Rule...I didn't find anything that violates it if done there, and properly done.
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