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Originally Posted by squirrel
the rule says "While in the PLAYING CONFIGURATION, the ROBOT may expand up to a maximum horizontal dimension of 80 inches"
This robot is less than 80" from the center of the rear bumper, to the end of the arm.
But it is more than 80" from the corner of the bumper, to the end of the arm
This robot should not pass inspection, as I understand the rule.
(although the drawing here shows the "cylinder", not the actual measurement from the corner of the arm to the opposite corner of the bumper, which is the limiting dimension)
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I printed your diagram and believe that the robot would be allowed. I marked the longest lenght I could get across the circle on a piece of paper and then compared that to the horizontal distance between opposite corners of the robot and manipulator. It appear to be the same, meaning that the corners were 80 inches appart. What happens when I do that is that center of the cylinder is centered between the two points you are measuring. The interpretation does not say that no other part of the robot can be outside of an 80" diameter cylinder when measuring. The measurement is point to point. To apply my understanding of the interpretation I think you should place the center of a 160" cylinder on any part of your robot, if any other part of your robot sticks out of that cylinder, you have violated the rule.
EDIT: My analysis assumes that the cylinder is 80" since that is the way most of the references to R16 have been in CD, that the robot must fit inside an 80" cylinder.
EDIT: Thinking way to hard about the diagram, NO, THE ROBOT WOULD NOT PASS, per written word the robot drawn is more that 80" between the corners and would not pass. However, visualizing a 160" cylinder would still hold as a better way to apply the 80" rule. Your diagram did give me the idea of the 160" cylinder.