Realistically facing the challanges of elevating your robot

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Originally Posted by joeweber

c. TOWER Contact ROBOT Volume - During a MATCH, ROBOTS in contact with their ALLIANCE TOWER may extend beyond their NORMAL CONFIGURATION volume but may not exceed the FINALE CONFIGURATION maximum volume.
d. FINALE ROBOT Volume - During the FINALE, ROBOTS may extend up to the limits of the FINALE CONFIGURATION maximum volume.

Does everybody understand the above two rules? Before the 20 second finale are we allowed to open the robot size as long as we touch the tower,

True

but we are not allowed to hang?

I find nothing that says this. You could hang in auto mode, as long as you were touching the tower when you expanded beyond NORMAL CONFIGURATION.

After the 20 seconds do we still need to touch the tower to open up?

During the FINALE 20 seconds, you may expand whether touching the tower or not.