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Originally Posted by JesseK
Effectively, [G19-1] and [R22]'s blue box stipulate that a robot which has bumpers at the lowest legal point may not use a manipulator to raise the front of the entire robot more than 3" without incurring a [G19-1] penalty. Robots which have bumpers at the highest legal point may not use a manipulator to raise the front of the robot at all.
What about if a robot pops a wheelie (intentionally or not)? Disabling for popping a wheelie could be a huge swing in a match...
As a side note, I expect this to need to be demonstrated at inspection.
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The way I read it is if your robot has a mechanism that raises the whole chassis (including bumper) the only way it would pass inspection is if at its lowest point the bumpers are in the BUMPER ZONE, and at its highest point the bumpers are
still in the BUMPER ZONE.
Wheelies and a like are not included in this rule. Flipping sideways is not included in this rule. the flipping Ri3D bot seems to break the 15" outside of FRAME rule though. In my opinion.