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Unread 07-01-2007, 08:23
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Re: Contact with the Rack

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Originally Posted by Jack Jones View Post
The way I read it is that the spiders and chains are meant to move/sway; so pushing them would not cause a disruption.

OTOH, the base of the rack will be (I'm guessing) Valcro-ed to the carpet; so, pushing hard enough to rotate, translate, or tip the whole thing would cause disruption, which would lead to a warning first, then disablement if they did it again.
I retract what I said a bit ago (deleted the post) - I think moving the chains while not trying to score will be frowned upon. But the chains will shake, rattle, and roll like crazy as multiple robots attempt to score tubes on the spiders. Contact with the spiders seems to be permitted during scoring attempts, as long as your robot is not actively attaching to/grabbing any part of the rack assembly.

The rack is heavy, but it is not secured rigidly down to any one location on the carpet, because refs must randomly slide and/or rotate the beast to reposition it anywhere within a 3' radius of the center of the field prior to the start of each match. However, I believe that moving the entire assembly intentionally once the match starts will be considered against the rules (in addition to being kinda pointless).

Defense is meant to be played directly against other robots, via the stated rules.
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