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Two extensions under 14" boundaries

Hi everybody,

We'd like to know if it is legal to have two independent extensions (appendages) that stretch less than 14" beyond the robot's frame permitier?

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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries

Per [G21] (Section 3.1.4):
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Robots may extend one appendage up to 14 in. beyond a single edge of their frame perimeter at any time.
Violation: Foul for exceeding size allotments; Technical-Foul for continuous or repeated violations.

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These appendages are intended for use in manipulating Basketballs and/or Bridges. A Robot may have multiple extension devices onboard, but only one may be deployed at a given time.
So you can have multiple extensions, but you can't have more than one deployed at a time.
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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries

There are several questions at the Q&A awaiting response that pertain to this. Namely, what constitutes a single appendage? Used, functionally, together at all times (separate powering mechanisms, but coded such that they are always in tandem)? Mechanically linked anywhere? Mechanically linked outside the frame perimeter? We don't know yet, and only the Q&A will tell.

https://frc-qa.usfirst.org/Questions.php, under The Game-Robot Actions-G21.
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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries

For an official answer, ask in the official FRC Q&A forum.

For my opinion, keep reading.

I don't see any rules that limit the number of independent extensions/appendages that may be part of a robot, as long as no more than one of them extends beyond the frame perimeter at one time.
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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries

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For an official answer, ask in the official FRC Q&A forum.

For my opinion, keep reading.

I don't see any rules that limit the number of independent extensions/appendages that may be part of a robot, as long as no more than one of them extends beyond the frame perimeter at one time.
Yes there is absolutely nothing preventing you from having more than one appendage, as long as only one extends beyond frame perimeter at a time. After all, that is precisely how G21 is worded. However, if you need an "appendage" to consist of two more or less separate extensions leaving the frame perimeter at the same time, but that are always powered and used together, with code or mechanically, where is the line drawn for determining if that is 1 or 2 (or more) "appendages" per G21? Waiting on something from the Q&A for that one.
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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries

I think we are all assuming that they are indicating a 14" appendage measured perpendicular to the frame at the point it extends...at least I hope that is what they mean...

For example if we had an arm that was L-shaped and extended out from the frame perimeter with the base of the L at the frame and the L perpendicular to it ...(14" out and 14" over) the actual measured distance from the frame perimeter to the tip of the arm would be 19.8". The perpendicular distance would be 14"

I would think that the rule should read" No part of any appendage may extend more than 14 in. beyond a 14" parallel extension of the frame perimeter.

Not a big deal but nonetheless..
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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries

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I think we are all assuming that they are indicating a 14" appendage measured perpendicular to the frame at the point it extends...at least I hope that is what they mean...

For example if we had an arm that was L-shaped and extended out from the frame perimeter with the base of the L at the frame and the L perpendicular to it ...(14" out and 14" over) the actual measured distance from the frame perimeter to the tip of the arm would be 19.8". The perpendicular distance would be 14"

I would think that the rule should read" No part of any appendage may extend more than 14 in. beyond a 14" parallel extension of the frame perimeter.

Not a big deal but nonetheless..
Even as is, for every point on the appendage you described you would be able to find a point on the frame perimeter that is within 14". However it is leaving room for a goofy interpretation saying that since you can find a point on that edge that is more than 14 inches away from somewhere on the appendage, it would be illegal. But this is kind of ludicrous anyway because you could just pick the back side of the robot... So I think we all know what they're talking about. Normal distance to the frame perimeter.
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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries

Is anyone concerned that we are almost to the end of week two about to start week three and there is still no answer to this from the GDC. It seems like this is a pretty big question by many teams. I hope the GDC will answer this in some fashion before Saturday so we can get on with our design. Sitting around waiting to see if any of our ideas are valid is kind of wasting a lot of time.
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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries

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The GDC is discussing items when they can and with everything else going on, it sometimes takes a while to come to a consensus. Please be patient.
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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries

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Forget about 2 appendages below. We can barely put 1 below. Here is the Q&A response that clears it up:

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Q. Can a robot extend an appendage below the starting configuration height of the robot? If so, would the added length of the appendage actively change the height of the bumper in relation of the robot, thus violating the Bumper Zone rule?
A. The Bumper Zone rules must be met throughout the Match and the Bumper Zone is in reference to a Robot flat on the floor. At every point in the Match, no matter what configuration, orientation, or Court position the Robot is in, if the Robot were to be placed flat on the floor, Bumper Zone requirements must be met.

Translation: If you have your bumper at the bottom of the bumper zone you get a maximum 3" to drop something below. If you have your bumper at the top of the bumper zone, then you get to extend 0" below your robot. This is a pretty big blow to some very good balancing strategies. First it was the no suction cups .. now this. FIRST 2 - Innovative Teams 0.
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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries

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Forget about 2 appendages below. We can barely put 1 below. Here is the Q&A response that clears it up:




Translation: If you have your bumper at the bottom of the bumper zone you get a maximum 3" to drop something below. If you have your bumper at the top of the bumper zone, then you get to extend 0" below your robot. This is a pretty big blow to some very good balancing strategies. First it was the no suction cups .. now this. FIRST 2 - Innovative Teams 0.
So if i wanted an ramp to extend below [almost touching the floor] the robot but not outside of the frame perimeter and my bumpers are at the max hight. It would be illegal?
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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries

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Translation: If you have your bumper at the bottom of the bumper zone you get a maximum 3" to drop something below. If you have your bumper at the top of the bumper zone, then you get to extend 0" below your robot. This is a pretty big blow to some very good balancing strategies. First it was the no suction cups .. now this. FIRST 2 - Innovative Teams 0.
It's a bit worse than that. FIRST has been terrible with defining the circumstances under which the bumper rules apply, given various field obstacles.

Their test of "plac[ing it] flat on the floor" doesn't even guarantee a unique result for every situation. You can have a robot that sits stably on the ground in two (or more) positions. Which of them is the right one? (And for that matter, does "flat" necessarily imply stability?)

Perhaps a reasonable officiating practice would be to choose from the set of stable positions the one that is most lenient toward the team. (You can't enforce all possible positions simultaneously, because then every robot would be illegal.) But that leads to perverse possibilities as well. What if the most lenient position is upside-down (wheels in the air)? There's nothing in the rules/Q&A that would indicate that this position could be disregarded.

I hope we'll see robots with flat roofs about 2 in above the bumpers being allowed, because when they're flat on the floor (in the wheels-up inverted position), their bumpers are in the correct zone. (Actually, what I really hope is that FIRST realizes that they've messed up a question of geometry again, and suspends the relevant parts of the bumper requirements for robots in contact with the barrier and ramps. There's simply no value in enforcing this given the current state of the rules.)
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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries

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Q. Can a robot extend an appendage below the starting configuration height of the robot? If so, would the added length of the appendage actively change the height of the bumper in relation of the robot, thus violating the Bumper Zone rule?
A. The Bumper Zone rules must be met throughout the Match and the Bumper Zone is in reference to a Robot flat on the floor. At every point in the Match, no matter what configuration, orientation, or Court position the Robot is in, if the Robot were to be placed flat on the floor, Bumper Zone requirements must be met.
Here's a question that will bring accusations of "lawyering the rules":

What if your appendage droops below the level of your wheels due to gravity while on the bridge (if it were hanging over the bridge)? If you take the robot off the bridge and place it flat on the floor, the appendage easily becomes level with the wheels since it is floppy in nature. This satisfies the "if the Robot were to be placed flat on the floor, Bumper Zone requirements must be met." I don't see "imaginary plane of the wheels" anywhere. So, is a floppy mechanism that can go below the wheels illegal based on the bumper rules?

The above may sound like I'm trying to be facetious with the rule, but I'm really not. This scenario might impact us, and I'm sure others.
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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries

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So if i wanted an ramp to extend below [almost touching the floor] the robot but not outside of the frame perimeter and my bumpers are at the max hight. It would be illegal?
If it doesn't lift the wheels off the floor, I'm expecting it to be irrelevant, Thus legal. If it does, then not legal. Just MO...
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Re: Two extensions under 14" boundaries

u can only use one of them at a time but yes its legal
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