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Re: YMTC: Bluabot and Redabot hanging?
The definition of SUPPORTED: if the "supporting" object were removed...the robot would not remaing HANGING.
and HANGING: A robot is considered hanging if it is directly supported by the horizontal bar and not touching the carpet, platform or goals.
This seems pretty cut and dry to me...Red is not supported by Blue, as the removal of Blue would mean that Red was still hanging. I don't buy the argument that touching the vertical bar means you aren't hanging--the vertical bar doesn't "support" the robot in any way (the horiz bar has to move inside the vertical to at least some degree, so lets say that the vertical par is just a force field...Blue is hanging).
So I voted "something else" because I award both teams 50 points for hanging.
edit: in response to "directly hanging" disqualifying Red, I believe that the definition of supported takes precedence over directly...I don't understand why FIRST would put that word in other than to give lawyers something to feast on, but if the presence of Blue's hook did not assist in Red's ascent, it in no way disqualifies Red.
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Last edited by 10intheCrunch : 23-03-2004 at 00:24.
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