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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Alan,
R06 is pretty specific and in keeping with last year's interpretation. Any part of the robot within the bumper zone must remain within 10 degrees of vertical until the END GAME and "when they are deployed in the HOME ZONE. "
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<R06> provides a HOME ZONE exception to <R05>. But <R05> explicitly applies only to interaction with opposing robots:
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...ROBOTS must be designed so that interaction with opposing ROBOTS results in pushing rather than tipping or lifting. Neither offensive nor defensive wedges are allowed. All parts of a ROBOT between 0 and 8.5 inches from the ground (the top of the BUMPER ZONE) that are used to push against or interact with an opposing ROBOT must be within 10 degrees of vertical...
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If you have a wedge-like part but never touch an opposing robot with it, it doesn't violate the rule as I read it.