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Unread 04-01-2009, 15:19
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Is this Legal?

My team and I are running through a brainstorm of several ideas. One of which involves a "fork" like mechanism (like this { ) to trap the trailer. The mechanism doesn't grap the trailer, it just sort of holds it in place in front of the robot, containing it but not grabing it. I've read through the rules and can't find a "clear" answer. Given the deminsions of the robot to the trailer it's possible to construct, but it'll be hard. Any suggestions?

Also, rule <G29> reads, "with the exception of a robot towing a trailer, robots may not grap, grasp, grapple, or attach to any Arena structure."

It seems close to me but what do you all think?