[s_alaniz]

Hey Dandaman!

The glove is a cool idea congrads for accomplishing what sounds like an impressive bit of work ! (we experiemented with a similar idea two years ago, but they trashed the manipulatior so there was no place to use it...grrrr). However, some things to consider before you show up for competition.

Rule GM14 prohibits special equipment or clothing for players. I think the exception is if you manufacturer your glove out of allowed materials... such as aluminum (and I'd love to see one of those!) and wired it to the OI inputs.
(personally, I've never seen rule GM14 except on the FIRST competition board in message 75... I wonder if someone's pulling my leg.)
OR Small parts carries work gloves... possibly other gloves. If you're using a Small Parts glove it may be the exception to the rule. (Digi-key and Future Active parts are only allowed for the custom circuit so none of those parts except for electronics on the addtional parts list sould appear outside of the box.

I havn't seen FIRST post anything about control system exception. I hope this is all old news to you and you built your design around that GM14 thing.

Anyway, just thought I'd point this out so you're not called at a regional or the nationals for a rules violation.


Best Luck!


Steve Alaniz


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