Team 4536 Reveal #2

[DanielPlotas]

Originally Posted by pntbll1313

Sorry, you're completely right! I don't know how but I confused 2512 with 2826. Here is the robot I was trying to link to.

Sorry, but to me it doesn't look like they are touching either. If they could touch, then why would they need the large tube at the bottom, or the small tab that lifts up the string? Wouldn't they go with just a small hook? And if that were legal, I guarantee you we'd see so many more small hooks on a winch.

[asid61]

Originally Posted by DanielPlotas

Sorry, but to me it doesn't look like they are touching either. If they could touch, then why would they need the large tube at the bottom, or the small tab that lifts up the string? Wouldn't they go with just a small hook? And if that were legal, I guarantee you we'd see so many more small hooks on a winch.

It is legal to touch, but not to move the game pieces before the match.
Game Manual goes into more details on this.

From a blue box in section 3.1.4:

DRIVE TEAMS may not move, nor preload TOTES (regardless of color), RECYCLING CONTAINERS, or LITTER onto their ROBOT prior to the start of the MATCH per G13. There are no rules that prohibit a ROBOT from being in contact with TOTES or RECYCLING CONTAINERS at the start of the MATCH, as long as those items were not moved from their STAGING ZONE as described in the paragraph above.

[Isaac Ash]

Originally Posted by asid61

It is legal to touch, but not to move the game pieces before the match.

Yep. The robot starts by "hooking" onto the inside of the staging zone containers, but not clamping down on them. When being set up, the rope is pulled tight until it is applying slight upward force onto the container, which was deemed legal in Q410.