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Re: Climb Stopping Mechanism

I've been mulling over whether or not it's legal cut the rope to release the robot. It's legal for your robot to damage team provided ropes (G15) as long as it doesn't leave debris on the field, and once the rope has been removed from the Davit it's no longer considered part of the field (R08 blue box).

As far as I can determine, it would not be legal because up to the point where the rope is cut and the robot is released, it's technically a person damaging part of the field (even though that part of the field is legally allowed to be damaged by a robot. Just not anything else). But it was an interesting read through the rules.

*Apex Robotics is not planning to release our robot in this fashion. But it did make me curious if it's a quick fix for teams who haven't planned around this*
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