Driving in Reverse???

[Dominicano0519]

then there is another rule (i dont have a manual handy cuz im in my house sorry no quote) that says that you must cross the opponents finish line before you cross your own

[Katusha]

Guys we mean like if you place the ball over the over pass but then have to back up to get your arm mechanism from over the overpass. will they really penalize us for that? I mean we're not allowed to get caught on any field elements so whats the answer?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Katusha

Guys we mean like if you place the ball over the over pass but then have to back up to get your arm mechanism from over the overpass. will they really penalize us for that? I mean we're not allowed to get caught on any field elements so whats the answer?

No penalty. You haven't crossed the finish line yet, so no penalty there, and you probably won't need to go clear back to break the plane of the lane marker, so no penalty there.

[Elgin Clock]

This seems like a perfect question for the Q&A system. I agree that arms designed to move up and down on only one side of the robot (re: not completely around in 180+ degrees of motion over the robot) will require some forward AND backward motion on the track to achieve hurdling, or putting a ball on an overpass*.


*Is there an official term for putting a ball on an overpass btw this year? We haven't found one so we just chose to call it capping, and decapitating (for taking a ball off the overpass) while discussing the rules last night.

[BigJ]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

This seems like a perfect question for the Q&A system. I agree that arms designed to move up and down on only one side of the robot (re: not completely around in 180+ degrees of motion over the robot) will require some forward AND backward motion on the track to achieve hurdling, or putting a ball on an overpass*.


*Is there an official term for putting a ball on an overpass btw this year? We haven't found one so we just chose to call it capping, and decapitating (for taking a ball off the overpass) while discussing the rules last night.

There are no official "keywords"(you know, the ones in all caps), just being "supported by the overpass".