[Petey]

Originally Posted by Logan Williams

Here's my question, and I'm a little confused about it.

If we had a dumping-type mechanism, that kept within the dimension boundaries, but occasionally made contact with one of the vertical bars on a trailer while dumping, would that be penalized?

Ask in QA, but I'm gonna have to agree and say that there is no way that FIRST can intend for this to be a penalty.

My reading of the rules:

E. Contact outside of the BUMPER ZONE is not acceptable, and will result in a PENALTY. The offending ROBOT may be disqualified from the MATCH if the offense is particularly egregious or if it results in substantial damage to another ROBOT.

F. A ROBOT may not attach to and/or climb onto a ROBOT or TRAILER. Doing so will be interpreted as an attempt to damage an opposing ROBOT, and will be penalized as such.

Says that you can't hit a robot outside of the bumper zone or climb onto a trailer. But hitting bars while dumping, or incidentally touching the bars with an arm or lid function, should not be a problem.