When strategizing with my team, the question came up whether or not we could have a piston, for example, that would extend in front of the bumper. I've crudely drawn a together a couple of diagrams to demonstrate what I mean.
Before the match started, the robot would start like this:
and at some point during the match, to pick up a boulder, for example, the pistons would extend and form something like this:
When checking the rules, I came across R4 which states
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In the STARTING CONFIGURATION (the physical configuration in which a ROBOT starts a MATCH), no part of the ROBOT shall extend outside the vertical projection of the FRAME PERIMETER, with the exception of minor protrusions such as bolt heads, fastener ends, rivets, etc.
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However, this only states that the robot can't
start with something extruding past the bumper. Would I be able to extend something below the bumper like that?
Thanks so much!