Ramps extending outside of the home zone

19-03-2007, 12:22

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Re: Half in the HomeZone half in the field

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Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

your robot is bigger then the 72" box, and touches outside of the home zone just even a fraction of an inch that is a penalty.

This was not the case at the Great Lakes Regional. Teams were only penalized if 72"x72" were outside of the end zone. Teams who were slightly outside the endzone were never penalized.

Can anyone who attended other regionals describe how this rule was enforced?

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