What the heck is going on????

[daftpunk79]

Anyone have a clue what going on with the "faulty" rules???????

[Tetraman]

just hold on until the rules updates. I'm sure they found out their issues by now and are working on solutions.

[blaxbb]

there is a rule that says you cant extend higher than 6 feet in your opponent's home stretch...but then you can't get the ball off of the overpass

[Akash Rastogi]

This happens every year. No biggie. Just wait for updates.

"Patience is key, young Padawan"- Yoda

[daftpunk79]

right...patience...not my best thing....i guess i can wait a little bit...but what all is wrong???

[EricH]

Which rules do you say are faulty? We'll answer better if we know which rules.

[Kyle Love]

there is a rule that says you cant extend higher than 6 feet in your opponent's home stretch...but then you can't get the ball off of the overpass

I believe that is the un-technical rule they want clarified.

[David Brinza]

OK, how do you legally remove your ball from your opponent's overpass?

That's a "homework" problem for our team.

[yodameister]

One way that I saw is to "punch" the ball from below it. The bottom of the ball is at 71" from the bottom of the floor. With a well placed impact on the ball with a pneumatic cylinder, the ball should pop out of its resting place.

[daftpunk79]

maybe you could just pop the ball out and as long as you dont stay in the same place with whatever you used sticking straight up in the air...its legal?????

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by yodameister

One way that I saw is to "punch" the ball from below it. The bottom of the ball is at 71" from the bottom of the floor. With a well placed impact on the ball with a pneumatic cylinder, the ball should pop out of its resting place.

Its a very "squishy" ball, with only 1" max penetration I think you'd be lucky to move it a few inches from its resting place, not to mention getting the ball's CG outside of the rail (at least hitting it from the bottom). It's prototype testing time (unless you prefer to "do the math").

[daftpunk79]

what if you use a sort of spring action?

[neutrino15]

to not being over 6' in your opponent's home stretch, i say:

[daftpunk79]

you mean use that to pick it up from the other side of the divider????

[David Brinza]

Extending your robot arm (appendage) across the opponent's finish line from the other side of the overpass most likely violates rule <G36>.

BTW, I noticed that there's a related thread on this subject:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=60767

A moderator might step in and merge the discussion...