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Re: the 50 point not touching the field rule

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Originally Posted by Anthony Kesich
The robot must only be supported by the horizontal bar. No robot belieth it. No vertial bar to lean againt it. Basically, if all that was left was the horizontal bar floating macially in the air, would the robot stay in the same place, or would it drop a bit and/or fall? Don't abuse the freedom given to us in the rules this year, or we will end up with giant documents produced by lawyers; take things like they are ment to be taken.

-Kesich

I know, but what if we winch ourselves up from the carpet to the side of the platform, and just get stuck on the other side of the verticle . .. but it is clear that we are capable of hanging from only the horizontal . . . ?
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