pic: YMTC: Is 41 hanging?

[KenWittlief]

Joe Ross has a good point - the rules as written are already lenient and forgiving - if a part falls off your bot completely (say a piece of foam bumper somewhere on the field) it could be agrued that your bot is not 'hanging' because of piece of it is lying on the floor in the middle of the field - therefor your WHOLE bot is not hanging - but the rules do not go to that extreem

the reason the bot in the photo is not hanging is the belt is part of the bot and its supported by the floor - that part is broken though, right? ok - so what if an arm broke and was supported by the floor? what if a cable broke on one side and two wheels were in the air and two were on the floor - you could argue that if the bot was lifted high enough the remaining cable would support it

but that IS the nature of the challege - to get your WHOLE bot up in the air, not just the working parts, the broken parts too - if its still attached then no hang.

BTW something similar happened last year - a team put a little flag on their bot so they could see it on the other side of the ramp - at the end of the match the bot was ontop of the ramp, but the little flag was drooped over and touching the top of the side railing - no 50 points for them either.