[MasterChief 573]

Originally Posted by Mark Garver

It's hard to tell from this picture in particular, but it would appear that your arm would be close to exceeding the 72" package. Especially if both joints made the arm segments horizontal to the floor simultaneously... Has your team had any issues with refs calling this at regionals? Have any teams noticed this at any regionals?

Ha ha, I knew somebody would say that, its true that our arm could break that barrier but it doesn't. Two things, first we manipulated that rule and realized that even though the box is 72" you could put the robot in diagonally and get 86", and second of all we have limit switches on the gripper that keep it from braking that barrier and actually pull it back if it comes close to doing so.

edit: I probably should have read the whole thread before I made this post!