Thread: Can't retract to go under TUNNEL?
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Re: Can't retract to go under TUNNEL?
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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur View Post
The implications of this are very interesting. When a robot starts the match (definition of NORMAL CONFIGURATION) at in a specific configuration (LxWxH), it may not change that configuration until it enters FINALE CONFIGURATION.

This means that robots may not change size, even if it remains within the 28"x38"x60" dimensions.
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That's my take also, upon re-reading the rules, with the exception of deploying 'mechanisms' which must follow the sizing & time rules.

Game animations often take 'liberties' Also, in this animation, the eyes that 'retract' are mechanisms.

Rules & Updates trump the animations.
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