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Re: 2005 FRC Team Update 13

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Originally Posted by Yan Wang
Wait, does that mean that even if a robot is clearly covering almost all of the triangle, it doesn't count as being in unless some part, such as a wheel, is actually touching the triangle? The situation I've described is shown in my quick paint picture attached below. If this is the case, I'm stupified.

You got it. Not one of the brightest rules in my opinion, but there it is. Due to the difficulty of enforcement we suspect further changes will eventually happen but that is the way things are for the present.

Don't worry about it too much, it wouldn't be FIRST if there wasn't a morphing rule now would it?
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