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Re: Grabbing 4 Bins from the step in Auto

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Originally Posted by ruralrobotics View Post
Does anyone know if you can be touching the recycling bins before autonomous? I'm thinking of an arm that would be hooked onto the handle but not lifting or pulling before the game starts. You could place the robot in the middle open zone and have it reaching over the bins and latched on to the handle or top of the bin. I have looked throughout the rules and can't find anything that wouldn't allow this.
Both the landfill and autonomous zones have been defined as volumes this year (as opposed to an area on the floor), meaning they extend upwards into the space above them. You are not allowed to start the autonomous period inside either the landfill or the auto zone. Since the arm would be hooked onto the handle of the recycling containers on the step, it would pass through the landfill zone and be in violation of G7.

G7 states,
"When placed on the FIELD for a MATCH, each ROBOT must be:
A. in compliance with all ROBOT rules, i.e. it has passed Inspection. For exceptions regarding Practice MATCHES, see
Section 5.2 – Practice MATCHES.
B. fully supported by the floor, SCORING PLATFORM, and/or SCORING PLATFORM ramps on their ALLIANCE’S side of the
FIELD, and
C. completely outside of their AUTO ZONE and LANDFILL ZONE"

Part C of rule G7 is what would prohibit such a strategy (as well as part B depending on if the bin supported the arm before the match started).
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