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Re: Autonomous Strategy?

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Originally Posted by Gerry Salinas View Post
<G07> Center RACK position - After all six ROBOTS are in their starting positions and the DRIVERS, COACHES and HUMAN PLAYERS are in the ALLIANCE ZONE, the RACK will be moved (translated and/or rotated) to an arbitrary position so that the center of the RACK is within a 3 foot radius of the playing field center but the exact location and orientation of the RACK is unpredictable. After this point in time no ROBOT may be moved or repositioned until the match starts.
Nice try--I'll just look in Section 6.2.2: The Rack.
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Originally Posted by 6.2.2
To constrain the motion of the RACK, the structure is connected by a set of loose chains to a small platform located at the center of the field. The platform is firmly attached to the floor of the Playing Field. The slack in the chains connecting the structure to the
platform permit the RACK to translate approximately one foot in
any direction, and freely rotate around the platform.
It's a 1 foot radius, 2 foot diameter.
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