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Originally posted by 353Pobots
If you did hold it so it balances ontop of the first 2x multiplier, the one you are touching becomes a part of your robot, for the time being.
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When I read this rule I couldn't help but think that it came out of something that happened to us at the New England Regional in 2001. Our bot was in the endzone, holding onto a large ball. We then fell over and the end of our arm crossed over the pipe on the perimeter of the field.
Fortunately the ball supported the end of our arm so that we were not touching the floor outside of the field. After about 5 minutes of looking through the rules, the judges decided that we weren't out of bounds, since no part of the bot was touching outside of the field, and they awarded us the 10 points for being in the endzone. Of course, now the ball would be considered part of the bot and we wouldn't have received the points.