RED "fork truck" robot breaks 6FT Rules in Animation

[7/16ths Master]

well, depends on what u do, the extending piston could reach just up to 6 ft and still knock the trackball off, the area in which the trackball rests is pretty big (around 30 inches i believe). This means that at least some part of the curvature of the ball should be below the 6.5 ft bar and within ur reach. (If it were a square or rectangle, the edge would be at exactly 6 ft) All in all, u can still hit the ball at exactly 6 ft cuz the bottom of the ball i estimate to be at least one or two inches below 6ft. That gives i think some room to play with.

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by daftpunk79

someone said in another thread that you can pass over the line then back up about half way over the line and poke at it and wont get penalized....anyone know anything about that?????

This would be a penalty, not for <G36>, but for <G22>.

[7/16ths Master]

Originally Posted by boiler

But according to 6.2.1 the home stretch is bounded by the finish line - if you poke at the ball from underneath, you still haven't crossed the finish line completely, meaning you're still in the home stretch and open to a G36 penalty.

Yea sry if that wasnt very clear, i understand where u are coming from, i should've been a bit more descriptive in what i said

[SgtMillhouse648]

Originally Posted by 7/16ths Master

well, depends on what u do, the extending piston could reach just up to 6 ft and still knock the trackball off, the area in which the trackball rests is pretty big (around 30 inches i believe). This means that at least some part of the curvature of the ball should be below the 6.5 ft bar and within ur reach. (If it were a square or rectangle, the edge would be at exactly 6 ft) All in all, u can still hit the ball at exactly 6 ft cuz the bottom of the ball i estimate to be at least one or two inches below 6ft. That gives i think some room to play with.

when I ran the field in inventor, the ball is right at or just over the 6 feet, so hitting it from the bottom is not an option, unless you hit it with the other trackball...
Malhon

[meaubry]

This issue was resolved in Update #1 - I'm closing this one in order to clean up the number of posts no longer needed.

Besides the fact, that the animation isn't an official rules interpretation.

Mike Aubry
Chief Delphi Engineering Lead