Rules Questions

[Maximus123]

Originally Posted by Dominicano0519

By the way did anyone really understand the procedure to start a match

specifically where the ref puts the rack in motion
does he shake it or spin it

and can the rack be spun throughout the match or do the spiders just swing in pendulum fashion?

please dont say things you are not sure of thanx

<g07> sec 7, pg 5. "Center RACK position - After all six ROBOTS are in their starting positions and the DRIVERS, COACHES and HUMAN PLAYERS are in the ALLIANCE ZONE, the RACK will be moved (translated and/or rotated) to an arbitrary position so that the center of the RACK is within a 3 foot radius of the playing field center but the exact location and orientation of
the RACK is unpredictable. After this point in time no ROBOT may be moved or
repositioned until the match starts."
this means thats after all roborts have been properly set in the home field and all students and mentors leave the field, the refs on the field go and randomly spin it either left or right, AND it can be pushed or pulled around up to 3 feet away from the exact center of the field. so not only that it could be rotated, it can be relocated.