Team 4536 Reveal #2

[DanielPlotas]

Originally Posted by Caleb Sykes

It is hard to tell from the video since we do not have a full field. However our plan is to start each match with Zipline in the near zone on the scoring platform, connected to two of the three RCs in the near zone.

Oh. I see now. I thought you guys were pulling cans off the step. I still don't think they will be legal, unfortunately. I can't cite a specific rule, but I believe that if a team like 148 had such an elaborate mechanism designed specifically to keep their robot from touching the cans pre-match, that there is little to no doubt about the legality of such a system. Now, I'm not saying that just because someone else doesn't do it makes it illegal, bit more the lengths 148 went to to keep themselves from touching the cans reasonably leads me to believe that such a strategy is not legal.