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Re: G28 Clarification - Air Powered Shooter
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Originally Posted by engunneer
continuing with your point of interest. Inspection is the determination that a presented design does not break any rules. We are inspecting that the robot meets all the R rules, and is not likely to break any G rules by design (G04 is the simplest example of one that we look for specifically on the inspection checklist). My point was that if it used for a shooting mechanism, but the shooter had no fuel, would forced air be leaving the volume of the robot? If so, it's illegal. Over extension limited by software is usually fine, but we still notify the head ref that a robot is capable of breaking a rule on the field, and should be watched. That's the best case i can think of for an air shooter. Legal for shooting, but not legal for defense, and the ref will be notified to keep an eye out.
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Look at the past checklists again. We do not inspect for game rules, nothing on the inspection checklist has a G number next to it. We won't inspect for G04 this year, either. We will, however, inspect for R03. R03 is the Robot rules equivalent for G04. Many times in the past there has been this "doubling up" on the rules between robot and game rules for precisely this reason.
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