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Re: Scaling via jack up legs instead of "hanging"?

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Originally Posted by FrankJ View Post
Really a Q&A question, but my thought is you would meet the definition of SCALED and red carded for violation of the robot rules regarding the bumper zone assuming you passed inspection in the first place. Otherwise interesting idea.
Yes I think the problem one would run onto is that the jacks are still part of the robot, so if the bumper moves up two feet and the robot is still in contact with the batter, then the bumpers have exceeded the range at which they are allowed to be in relation to the bottom of the robot, which in the case of the jack, is at the contact point between jack and batter.
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