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Re: Final scoring time limit

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Originally Posted by wilmo View Post
An question would be what would happen if a robot had a kinetic device meant to move in the final seconds of a game (ie. a mechanism that was designed to pull the robot up the tower) and the robot triggered this device as time hit 0. From my interpretation of the rules, this would be legal and counted as a score. See 2008's line crossing rules at the end of the match to give a clue as to what possible interpretations may be.
At least in 2007, this was allowed. Teams had to lift robots (again) and some used compressed gas cylinders to do this. As long as they started before time ran out (and finished before 10? seconds) the lift counted. This may be one for Q & A, however, just to be sure if your team is considering this.