60 inch clarifiction

[Kims Robot]

This by no means confirms it for this year, but the same Cylinder Rule (70" though) was around in 2007 with the tubes, and 1511 had an arm that made the robot 93" diameter at one extension. It was programmed to stay within the cylinder, and in inspection they had us "run" the robot to verify it.

We did have a potentiometer break in one of our matches so our arm accidentally extended outside the box and the referees called for a re inspection. We were fortunate we basically got that "warning" as they could have penalized us.

We realized from that we needed a back-up "Manual Mode" in which whenever the sensors might be broken we had full manual control so the programming didnt force us into positions where we would violate the rules. The drivers then had to be very careful to stay in configurations that we knew were "safe".

So my "guess" is that yes your robot can be physically capable of going outside the 60" cylinder, as long as it does not during a match, but it is worth confirmation in the Q&A.