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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
The correct ruling was made. The defenition of HANGING says directly SUPPORTED by the bar. Even in the scenario that you posed, the robot would be SUPPORTED by the bar, but not DIRECTLY supported, so it wouldn't be HANGING.
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Joe is right. I was at the scoring table when the judges were consulting the rule book. The ruling was made on the basis of the word DIRECTLY. The rule book is clearly written: A robot must be DIRECTLY supported by the bar. If robot A is hanging on top of robot B's mechanism, even though robot B is hanging on the bar, robot A would be INDIRECTLY supported by the bar, but not DIRECTLY supported by the bar. I hope this rule was and will continue to be applied consistently at all events.