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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli
This one (978) was asked and answered quite early (1/11/05) and the "blatantly obvious" quote made it clear to me that a robot whose drive base was completely covering the triangle, but not necessarily having wheels touching would be considered O.K.
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Let's take one more look at 978:
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Q: Regarding <G17>: What are the parameters for being "in" a loading zone? (i.e., must some part of the robot be touching the yellow triangle, et cetera)
A: There are no yellow triangles in the loading zones. The robot base and / or drive train must be touching the loading zone. The intent of this rule is that you must be in the loading zone. By making it blatantly obvious that you are in the loading zone, you will draw far less attention from the referees.
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When I see the phrase "must be touching", I don't think that "completely covering the triangle, but not necessarily having wheels touching" is a reasonable inference. As Billfred mentioned, remember Dean's discussion last year of the definition of "straddling". Touching means touching, not straddling, because we're engineers, not lawyers. Unless I'm way off-base, I don't think that FIRST has really changed the rule all that much; 1617 just reinforces that you must be touching the triangle, consistent with 978, and clarifies what constitutes the "base", consistent with the stipulations of G12.
Am I missing something here?
