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Originally Posted by Spazbrodius
Is it against the rules of the game to make stabilizer legs that come down like a siege tank in Starcraft? they wouldnt touch the bumpers and only come down when placing tubes.
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It's allowed to extend beyond the bumper perimeter after the start of the match, while your robot can fit inside an infinitely high 60" diameter cylinder.
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BUMPERS must provide complete protection of the entire FRAME PERIMETER of the
ROBOT (i.e. BUMPERS must wrap entirely around the ROBOT). As part of the 100%
coverage, BUMPERS must protect all exterior corners of the FRAME PERIMETER. For
adequate protection, a full segment of BUMPER must be placed on each side of the corner
(see Figure 3-2).
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now we must ask, what is the frame perimeter?
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FRAME PERIMETER – the polygon defined by the outer-most set of exterior vertices on the HOSTBOT
(without the BUMPERS attached) that are within the BUMPER ZONE.
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so what is a HOSTBOT?
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HOSTBOT – the electromechanical assembly used to carry the MINIBOT. (ROBOT – MINIBOT =
HOSTBOT). If a TEAM plays a MATCH without a MINIBOT, then the HOSTBOT is the ROBOT.
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so what is a ROBOT?
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ROBOT – the composite electromechanical assembly designed and built by a FRC team to perfo
specific tasks when competing in the 2011 competition LogoMotion. The ROBOT must includ
the basic systems required to be an active participant in the game – power, communications,
control, mobility, and actuation. The ROBOT implementation must obviously follow a design
approach intended to play the 2011 FRC game (e.g. a box of unassembled parts placed on th
FIELD, or a ROBOT designed to play a different game, would not satisfy this definition). The
ROBOT includes both the HOSTBOT and the MINIBOT (ROBOT = HOSTBOT + MINIBOT).
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Based on this alone, it would seem that anything going beyond the frame perimeter at any time and into the bumper zone would be illegal.
That would that tube pick up from the floor would be illegal as well.
I'm sure I'm mistaken about this, but I can't find the rule that would go around the above restriction... 
Help!
-Leav