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Re: Ruling on R12 at SBPLI Regional

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Originally Posted by Spider-Man View Post
I'm not sure I completely follow the last part of your explanation, but I will explain my interpretation of the rule:

All horizontal lines drawn from one point on the robot to another point on the robot must be less than or equal to 72 inches. The way it's worded is somewhat obtuse with the box stuff, but the idea is that the length or width is attributed to the longest part of the robot and it should fit within the box.

Well, I believe that interpretation is not the correct one.

The starting orientation of the robot does not matter. Chris' interpretation of the rule is correct. If his calculations are all correct, his robot should not have been in violation. But, then again.. the refs decisions are final. Let's keep this friendly.
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