Important Q/A forum responses

[Fred Sayre]

Originally Posted by boiler

Say Blueabot is 28W X 38L X 18 H - one of the infamous "rolling bricks" - and would have to start the match on end. Would the flag mount have to be on a pivot so it would remain vertical as the robot's orientation changes as soon as that first horn sounds?

Are you referring to this rule?

<G29> ROBOT orientation - ROBOTS must start the match with their long (maximum) dimension in
a vertical orientation. After the start of the match, ROBOTS may change their orientation
such that the long dimension is either vertical or horizontal. Refer to Rule <R37> in Section
8 to determine how this affects the use of bumpers.

I think what it is intending is that the "long dimension" is talking about the available long dimension, and not the robot's actual measured dimension. Even though it is 18" tall that dimension is still the long dimension (as 4',5', or 6' is available). I think they just want to prevent people from having a huge starting footprint with the 4'-6' available size.