[IndySam]

Originally Posted by Richard

hmm ... retract the trailer?

Can you think of a way to do that without violating <R18>D. and R<18>E. ? Look carefully at Fig. 8-6 and consider the restrictions that <R18> places on how the robot is permitted to constrain the trailer's motion.

[edit]see also: Nate's analysis of the fixed trailer hitch location requirement <R18>B.[/edit]

If you do think of a way, it would be smart to post a question for the GDC using the official Q&A on the FIRST forum, to make sure your idea doesn't violate a rule. It would be a shame to base your team's robot design on an assumption that turns out to be incorrect.

I agree with Richard. R18E will seriously restrict any trailer enclosure strategy.


If you guys think that the GDC didn't think of the idea of covering the trailer prevent scoring then you don't know them very well. I think they wrote the rules to make it almost impossible to do so they will not issue any new rule preventing it. If a team comes up with a viable way of doing it within the rules I think the whole GDC will congratulate them.