Laser Pointer

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Gregor

G02 prohibits the use lasers that are not part of the robot. Therefore the use of a laser must be part of the robot. R08 D prohibits any laser that is part of the robot that is not Class I.

In other words, if you want to use a Class II (or III, or higher) laser for alignment, you can't. But, if you want to use a Class I laser mounted on the robot for alignment, at any point in the match, knock yourself out (though I do suggest making sure that the use of such a device doesn't violate any robot rules first--you never know when the GDC will slide in a rule about any robot with a laser must do a laser light show on the floor of the field or face a 50-point penalty ).

Yes, G02 is prematch only. But anything left on the field after prematch needs to be mounted on the robot...

[pwnageNick]

To make it easier to find, at what point in the video is that being shown? Is it just at the 2:10ish mark for the automodes?

At the very end the camera zooms in on the laser (it's on the top of that pole attached to the shooter). At ~2:13ish (the autonomous modes shots) if you watch the backboard reflective tape you can see the laser hit the reflective tape. That is the laser auto-aim function in action.

-Nick