Thread: Remote Robocoach position discussion.
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Re: Remote Robocoach position discussion.
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Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman View Post
Could anyone find a reference in the rules which explicitly prevents hand signaling, wipeboards, or any other "realtime" communication means from the remote Robocoach back to the Driver's station? All I could find was references to the Robocoach's interaction with the robot.
There were rules about not being able to use special equipment in the past by human players.

There were rules about not being allowed to communicate with the team on the field from off the field, specifically with devices such as cell phones/walkie talkies in the past.

I feel kind of blown away/ashamed of my abilities of knowing the manual that I can't find any of these this year.
I'm specifically looking in Section 6, 7, & 8 because I believe that's where this info would be found if it were there to be found.

I don't see anything like that this year (which is odd) which (if this is the case and unless someone can prove me wrong) should not dissallow use of something (such as hand signals from the Robocoach to the drivers) from either side of the field's Robocoach position - Local or Remote, let alone from someone in the stands or along the sidelines. Maybe an oversight by the people who wrote the Manual, or could this be an intended ommision.
I hate to say "well last year we weren't able to do action XXX" but for something like this, I can't see why they would drop it as that rule has been constant for a while now no matter how the physical game play has changed over the years.

Hmmm... I think we need to look into this one a little further.
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