Ruling on R12 at SBPLI Regional

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Spider-Man

I'm not sure I completely follow the last part of your explanation, but I will explain my interpretation of the rule:

All horizontal lines drawn from one point on the robot to another point on the robot must be less than or equal to 72 inches. The way it's worded is somewhat obtuse with the box stuff, but the idea is that the length or width is attributed to the longest part of the robot and it should fit within the box.

This seems to be how the referees on Long Island are interpreting the rule, but it is not correct as per clarification within the Q&A system. The proper interpretation is that the robot's orientation within a 72" square is inconsequential, such that placing the robot at a diagonal to any side of that square such that it fits within the bounds is acceptable.

An infinitely thin arm attached to an infinitely thin robot could be as long as ~104" and satisfy <R12>.