Climbing Rules

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by Kit Fieldhouse

I just read through the QA documentation for the climbing rules and from what I can gather your robot can only be in contact with two levels the air space between them only comes into account when scoring. Therefor you could grab level one lift off the ground then grab level two and then grab level 3 while letting go of level 2. So your robot would be grabbing level one and level three simultaneously without braking the rules because A)You contacted the pyramid in sequential order and B) You are in 3 "air spaces" but are contacting only 2 levels making it legal. Again this is just my take I recommend that you check for yourself with this attached file. Good luck to all!!!!!!

You are incorrect sir.

Q. Will this CLIMB be considered valid according to Section 3.1.5.2 A and B: The ROBOT is touching the first rung. Afterwards the ROBOT grabs the third rung, while breaking contact with the first rung. During the ROBOT's climb to the third level, it touches the second rung, and reaches the third level.
A. No. The ROBOT contacts PYRAMID Levels in a non-sequential order (Level 1 then Level 3).

Your scenario is pretty much identical to this. The GDC has been saying that the sequential order rule really means you can't be touching two non-sequential levels at the same time. 1 and 3 are non-sequential, so your method is an invalid climb.