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Originally Posted by T3_1565
I don't understand what people keep saying about diagonally in the box. The only way that is possible is if your arm is on an angle from the rest of your bot, and to what advantage would that give you. Its not like when your robot moves in said box that the box doesnt move with it. You are confined to the box no matter what way you face. So your arm can't be any further out than 72 inches unless the arm itself is diagonal from your robot, which to me seems pretty pointless.
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Actually, the box doesn't have to move with the robot. Putting the robot diagonally in the box is entirely possible--you define where your robot is in relation to the box, not the inspector.
Quoth the GDC:
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Originally Posted by GDC
The intent of Rule <R12> is that the robot must be able to fit within a 72" x 72" virtual box at all times. The orientation of the robot within the box is inconsequential.
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If you can fit the whole thing, robot and all, into a 72" square, your arm can be as far out as you want. In theory, it could go as far out as 101 inches and change, under the Pythagorean Theorem. (Obviously, there are other variables afoot in that, like fitting the rest of your robot.)