Legality of Team 190's Mechanism?

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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli

4. To be considered to enter a quadrant, the entire robot has to enter that quadrant. So the robot never entered Q2 or Q3, so Q4 is still the previous quadrant.

Very good point. However G22 reads:

"Once a ROBOT has CROSSED a LANE MARKER or FINISH LINE, it shall not
break the plane of the line by moving in the clockwise direction."

Which can be interpreted to mean that breaking the plane in a counter-clockwise direction is not a penalty. After all, breaking the plane and crossing a lane marker are two different activities with seperate definitions.

While I can appreciate the self-described rant on looking for "loopholes" I would suggest the alternative issue is one of discussing what the rules actually say, and what they actually mean. Encouraging a student to identify the "loopholes" in the FRC rule book might one day prevent them from leaving a costly loophole in a contract or specification.

Or it might just teach them to read text in a more critical manner.

Jason