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Re: Beware of R16 your robot design may be too big.

Adam, the rule says "While in the PLAYING CONFIGURATION, the ROBOT may expand up to a maximum horizontal dimension of 80 inches"

I think that the best way to say that is just like you said it: There cannot be any two points on the robot that are more than 80" apart (in a horizontal plane)

Here is a better drawing of a robot that is illegal, even though the arm extends less than 80" from the rear bumper measured straight on (and I apologize to you ALIBI for messing with your brain!)
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