The "What the!?!?!" Rule Thread

[Ricky Q.]

Originally Posted by bobotics319

I have two gripes. One is the 72x72 rule, which I believe has no relevance other than to hinder us (although we can position our robot diagonally in the box giving us over 100 inches of length). Another is the identical pneumatics <R105> rule. Which says we can't use pneumatics unless they are identical to those on the "Pneumatics Components Order Form" Where is this form? Anybody?

Last page of the Pneumatics Manual:

http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/oth...s%20Manual.pdf

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by bobotics319

I have two gripes. One is the 72x72 rule, which I believe has no relevance other than to hinder us (although we can position our robot diagonally in the box giving us over 100 inches of length).

The rule probably exists so that you can't block enough of the field to lock down the gameplay. Consider 179's tri-fold robot in 2003: it was designed to vault over a field element and block a 12-foot section of the field, preventing most opponents from reaching its' alliance's scoring stacks.