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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson
To my knowledge, there is no rule that prevents being on the floor (the carpet), reaching the horizontal bar and lifting your robot from this position to qualify for HANGING.
Please quote the rule you think disallows this and explain if your case if it is not obvious from the rule you quote.
As I read the rules, I don't see that it is illegal.
Joe J.
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I think the question could be rephrased as "if I lift from the floor but not so high I clear the platform, am I still hanging?" Obviously a robot in that position is placing a substantial force on the platform, but it is all side load. The vertical force to support the robot would all come from the bar.
I didn't see anything in the rules against it. You can't grab the vertical pole but I didn't see anything saying you can't touch it. I didn't see anything about not touching the side of the platform either. But then again I tend not to see stuff I'm not looking for, and that was not one of the things I looked for. (I hadn't thoght of it yet) So I'm willing to be corrected on this.
If it IS acceptable, then it opens up more real estate on the bar and you could concievably get all four robots on. It also relieves a lot of my concerns about lifting from the floor, because then I don't have my robot trying to imitate a wrecking ball.