<R12> 72" x 72" Size Restriction

[Cyberguy34000]

oooh crap....


There goes our arm design! I feel really bad because it's my job to be up to date on the rules and I assumed that this rule didn't apply to arm extensions. oooooh. We were finishing the CAD and making parts too. It's going to be a looong weekend as we rethink the arm design.

crap crap crap crap crap

-Chris

[Don Wright]

FYI...this includes bumpers too...

http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=1476

[Steve W]

[quote=Pat Fairbank;553092]I don't think this kind of test would work. The rule states that "a ROBOT may expand up to a maximum width of 72 inches and depth of 72 inches", not that the robot must fit within such a limit at maximum extension./QUOTE]

I think that Pat has shown that turning the robot on an angle is not a way around the rule. You will note that width and depth are described and definitions are in the rules on what these are.

Question is : if your robot goes straight up to 10' and falls over what then?
Penalty for exceeding as per the Q&A:
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FRC176

Default <R12>72 x 72 foot print
72 x 72
I have question on this subject. If your robot flips and while to upright yourself using an arm (if you have one) the robot exceeds the 72 x 72 foot print what is the penalty?

GDC
Senior Member

Default Re: <R12>72 x 72 foot print
Rule <R12> specifies that while outside of the Home Zone, the robot may not exceed 72 inches (width) by 72 inches (length). There is no exception for overturned robots.

In all cases involving a violation of this rule, the ROBOT may be disabled and/or disqualified.

[Bochek]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

And the Q&A comes through. The answer is that the robot must fit inside a 72" x 72" x infinity virtual box at all times. So the diagonal trick works. I suppose still under question is whether it must be designed mechanically to never exceed the size, or whether it can be a driver/controls thing.

can you provide the link to where this question was answered?

- Bochek


EDIT: found it... http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=1121 I agree that this is then possible, and man does it save my @$$