Thread: pic: Is this corner considered protected?
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Unread 26-01-2009, 08:32
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Re: pic: Is this corner considered protected?
Scott,
In looking at the picture and visualizing certain field elements, I think it is entirely possible for an unprotected/non bumper portion of the robot to contact a field element or another robot. Certainly, the angle of the trailer tongue shown in the photo would allow a wide variety of possiblities, my robot included. In my mind, the rule that states in part...
R08 The BUMPER location and design have been specified so that ROBOTS will make BUMPER-to-BUMPER contact during any collisions. If implemented as intended, a ROBOT that is driven into a vertical wall in any normal PLAYING CONFIGURATION will always have the BUMPER be the first thing to contact the wall.
I would be hard pressed, from this photo, to be able to prove to myself that your robot design would be able to meet this specification.
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