Game Piece Position

[almsfan21]

Team 1804 here, and we were curious, in the Rack n Roll animation it shows game pieces being rolled out to the bots, and it also shows them laying against the home area wall. We looked through the manual and it says nothing of this. Will the game pieces really be laying against the wall?? If so, this would very much de-complicate our scoring arm...

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by 2007 FRC Manual

<G05> RINGER locations - Each ALLIANCE plays Rack 'n' Roll with 18 RINGERS. Prior to the start of the match, nine RINGERS are lined up along the width of the Alliance Station Wall of the opposing ALLIANCE. These RINGERS are resting on the floor, and lean against the Alliance Station Wall at the far end of the field. An additional nine RINGERS are placed in stacks at the back edge of the ALLIANCE ZONE of the corresponding ALLIANCE. See Section 6.4 for an illustration of the location of these stacks.

Also see the pictures of the field in the Arena and Game section show the tubes against the wall.

[DonRotolo]

...just remember that those can be knocked down to lie on the floor, if anyone chooses to do so.

Don

[canadude]

Yah here's a video of our robot knocking the tubes from the wall:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qbeLgtPa_7M