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Originally Posted by rees2001
Well they answered my question...I think?
ID: 1773 Section: 4.3.3 Status: Answered Date Answered: 2/28/2005
Q: We designed and built a robot that would tip from 38x28 to 38x60. The “new” base and drive train is “blatantly obvious that our robot is in the LZ” and ”has a load bearing surface in contact with the hdpe”. Is our robot in the LZ?
A: If we understand your question correctly, yes. Robots that "flop" basically must declare a 28" x 38" of their robot to be the "robot base." This is the section that the referees will always use to determine if your robot is in the loading zone.
Does this mean we can declare the 28x38 section of the robot that makes contact with the LZ the "Base"
I'm not sure they followed your lead Ken. Great suggestion, maybe too late? All I know is the area of our robot that covers the LZ is the base, the rest ... who cares.
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Oh god, I hate to say it, but FIRST just opened another can of worms. Say my team, instead of flopping on its side lays out outriggers in front of us designed to touch the HDPE and we tell the refs that
that is the part of the robot that we want to be judged on. My team is not looking at doing this, but I'm sure that this will throw yet another wrench into what used to be a fine oiled machine.
My suggestion to the FIRST community is to back off a little, and beg headquarters to release a statement on the matter. Ask them to be very clear and concise with their wording. Also, ask that there be mention of exactly how each regional will judge this at the drivers' meeting before the competitions. At this point, all of you are just repeating each other through
106 posts. Getting all up in arms about the semantics of the rule would be great IF it was directed at FIRST officials, and NOT other people who are just confused as you are. So my advise to you all is to just calm down, and let FIRST do what they have always done.
Until competition, your local Dr. Phil signing off