[AmyPrib]

Originally Posted by meaubry

I challenge anyone to determine if a robot moving towards the loading station touches a tetra a split second before or a split second after it touches the hdpe triangle loading zone. It's pretty darn hard to watch 2 things that are not right next to each other at the same time, no matter how far away you are.

Precisely why I think there have been many concerns over this issue. While everyone will try to figure out a way to abide by the rule as written, I think it's going to be extremely difficult for anyone to judge this in action, no matter how obvious one might think it is that they're touching, esp if you're not in the right position to see the obviousness. Because the triangles are on the ground, there's likely 3 of 4 directions in which the touching action may be visibly blocked. For the auto zone, if you plan on swooping in and picking up the tetra quickly, you might end up having to slow the process down a bit so the ref can have a chance to see, I don't know. That's kinda unfortunate when time is so precious. Can't wait to check out the first week's regionals. I dont' envy a ref's position as it is sometimes a difficult spot to be in, but overall I think it'll all go well.