Chicken wire(Mesh) "Tangled in other robots?"

[Greg Needel]

There is no rule that causes you to loose points, but if your robot becomes an entanglement hazard during the match you will be disabled and asked to fix the problem before your next match.

As for chicken wire please follow the acceptable use flowchart and if you want an official ruling on it please have your team Q&A representative post it on the official FIRST Q&A system. http://usfirst.org/robotics/2006/qa.htm


In my own opinion i think it would be allowed but i still recommend asking in the Q&A forum

[andrew_4_life]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

There is no rule that causes you to loose points, but if your robot becomes an entanglement hazard during the match you will be disabled and asked to fix the problem before your next match.

As for chicken wire please follow the acceptable use flowchart and if you want an official ruling on it please have your team Q&A representative post it on the official FIRST Q&A system. http://usfirst.org/robotics/2006/qa.htm


In my own opinion i think it would be allowed but i still recommend asking in the Q&A forum

But I guess if you are disabled and you can't score anything or go to the platform for the bonus points, its kinda like losing points.

Thanks for the response

[Leo 1529]

i think that chicken wire might have to be covered just so that getting rammed or other basic robotics match stuff doesnt cause the wire to get bent so that the other robots will get tangled

[steven114]

I won't vouch for its legality this year, but we have used it multiple times in the past with no issues. We used the small-holed kind.