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Re: Chicken wire(Mesh) "Tangled in other robots?"

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Originally Posted by andrew_4_life
There is a rule that says that if you use something that may tangle other robots or something. You may lose points. Our team is thinking of using chicken wire(mesh) to enclose our robot in, but aren't sure if it is allowed or if it will cuase us to lose points in games. The holes aren't very big (about 1 cm)

Can anyone clarify?
i do not believe that is legal. i believe the judges would rule that as entanglement and possibly pinning. in which case you can only pin an opponent robot for 10seconds. don't ask, it happened to us when we got stuck on top of an opposing robot last year.
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