Palmetto Regional Week 0.5

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Rangel(kf7fdb)

I was talking about specifically about scoring a high goal while your bumpers are resting in the outerworks. Finishing the cross doesn't mean anything since you only get points for going one way. This Q&A clarification helps reinforce the idea that you don't have to go over a defense to have the traversing benefit.

https://frc-qa.firstinspires.org/Que...the-outerworks

Launching the boulder while your bumpers are in the outerworks, then failing to complete the cross into the courtyard will result in a technical foul under G40B or G41 (depending on the exact order of activity), without regard to whether the defense is damaged.

Originally Posted by G40

A ROBOT may not cause a BOULDER to move from the NEUTRAL ZONE into the opponent’s COURTYARD unless:

• A. the ROBOT contacts the BOULDER within OUTER WORKS, and
• B. the ROBOT completes its CROSSING (i.e. doesn’t completely back out of the OUTER WORKS into the NEUTRAL ZONE)

Violation: TECH FOUL per BOULDER

Originally Posted by G41

During each CROSSING, a ROBOT may not cause more than one (1) BOULDER to move from the NEUTRAL ZONE into the opponent’s COURTYARD.
Violation: TECH FOUL per additional BOULDER

As the courtyard is defined as infinitely tall, launching it towards the goals would cause it to pass through the courtyard.

(Usual disclaimer about this being an unofficial ruling)

Edit: Q912 posted.