pic: YMTC: Is 41 hanging?

[MOEmaniac]

I say give them the hang because is that tread really supporting any weight. If they believed that it was then they should have taken the tread away and seen if the robot would have fallen. Its like sayin OMG there a little piece of string that is touching the platform and its supporting weight . They seriously should have been given the hang.

[kevin.li.rit]

Originally Posted by MOEmaniac

I say give them the hang because is that tread really supporting any weight. If they believed that it was then they should have taken the tread away and seen if the robot would have fallen. Its like sayin OMG there a little piece of string that is touching the platform and its supporting weight . They seriously should have been given the hang.

Looks like that white nub of a piston or something is supporting weight.

[Jeff Waegelin]

Based on the way we called the rules at the Detroit Regional, I would say that is not hanging. Yes, the robot is supported entirely by the bar. BUT, a part of the robot is touching the platform. You can try to argue that it's not supporting anything... but it doesn't need to be supporting to discount the hang; just touching.

[jonathan lall]

This is strange. It has been established already that, according to the rules, if the robot is still touching it is not hanging. Furthermore, even if that part wasn't in the rules, one could deduce whether the robot was hanging or not with a little common sense:

1) The tread is still part of the robot, being partially attached, and all.
2) The tread is supporting its own weight.

The fact that the tread doesn't weigh very much does not preclude the fact that part of the robot is supported by the ground. Sure it's unfortunate that they couldn't hang, but that doesn't warrant them getting 50 points. For those of you that say you could remove the tread to see if the robot would hang, I implore you to read this again and think about it.

[Max Lobovsky]

I understand the wording of the rules and all, it just seems pretty dumb that if they had had a worse malfunction where the tread came completely off, they would have got more points. They should have designed their robot to break more spectaularly, i guess.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by Coffeeism

Looks like that white nub of a piston or something is supporting weight.

That white nub is completly in the air.


People, will you please read all the posts before throwing in your two cents.
Also, please read the rules before commenting on them

Thank you.
Wetzel