I'm wondering if it would be legal to grasp an allied robot in order to help right them after tipping? For example, using a claw on your own robot to grab the bumper or frame of the tipped robot.
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<G48> Strategies aimed at the destruction, attachment, damage, tipping or entanglement of ROBOTS, MINIBOTS, or HOSTBOTS are not in the spirit of the FRC and are not allowed. Contact with another ROBOT or HOSTBOT inside it’s FRAME PERIMETER is not allowed. Violation: PENALTY, plus potential disablement and YELLOW CARD
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This could be considered a strategy aimed to attach/entangle with a robot. It seems clear they do not allow penetrating the frame perimeter of a robot, so perhaps that is out, but what about grasping the bumpers of a robot, or a piece of the robot that extends beyond the frame perimeter?
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ROBOTS place mechanisms outside of the BUMPER
PERIMETER at their own risk; no penalties will be assigned for incidental contact with such extended mechanisms
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The rules do seem to consider the possibility of helping a teammate:
[quote] <G51> Fallen (i.e. tipped over) ROBOTS attempting to right themselves (either by themselves or with assistance from an ALLIANCE partner) [/QUOTE/
but they do not specify acceptable methods of helping a teammate.
Thoughts?
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