Hanging from the bar:

[jonathan lall]

Originally Posted by ngreen

As long as you are up during judging.. If it can stay off the ground for a minute you are definitely in the clear.45 second is probably good. What I was wondering is would it be legal to be touching at the end of time and settle up to non-touching in the time before judging. With in a couple seconds after using something like a series of springs.

As I just stated, FIRST has said that judging will generally take place after the 10-second 'come to rest period.' If your robot is where it should be by that time, you have nothing to worry about. FIRST has never made a direct ruling as to something which is triggered by power-off (e.g. a solenoid venting), but since you are not controlling the robot after the time ends, there is no problem, and this accoring to the rules so far is 'coming to rest'. Here's a ruling that you may be interested in:

Originally Posted by FIRST QA

Q:Would a hanging robot be scored if, after being powered down, it periodicaly touches the ground, but would eventually settle in a position where it would not touch the ground?

A:"Eventually" is typically about 10 seconds. If objects have not come to rest by then, the referees may disallow its score.