pic: YMTC: Is 41 hanging?

[Bill Gold]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

What if the chain was no longer attached to the robot in any way, but just lying on the platform. Then would you count them as hanging?

I would say, yes that would count as hanging. If the timing belt was lying on the carpet or on the platform, in no way attached or semi-attached to the robot, this hang would be counted. If portions of your robot unintentionally detach from your robot they are not considered parts of your robot anymore for the scoring of the match (like light covers from last year, etc.). But in this case, the tread is still in the robot and touching the 1’ tall step. Last year teams were deemed not on the HDPE platform because a string or zip-tie was touching the grating. To me this seems perfectly consistent with FIRST’s past interpretations / enforcements of rules.