Tetra auto loading zone clarification...

[Gary C]

The QA forum answer says that a robots drivetrain and or chassis must be touching the loading zone to pick up a tetra from the loading zone.

What if some sort of chassis extension is touching? Like an outrigger or telescoping wheels? Would it be allowed to pick up the tetras then?

I understand I should post this in the QA forum, but figured I would ask here first.

Thanks!

[jrocket567]

check out rule <G11>- the loading zones are 'safe areas' where another robot cant hit you.. the rule states that you cannot take advantage of the safe zone by placing a part of your robot in it at all times (ie.. tethers, long arms, etc).. now just going into pick them up, as long as you are somewhat close and you can reach out far enough to get to the tetra, that seems to be fine by me.. but it also states that you must leave the loading zone before picking up another.
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[pakrat]

well, the tetra spitter can go right up to it, but you you all others im not sure.

I think you need to be touching it, thats part of the challenge!!

[Ianworld]

well i'm i'm interested in this not because of a safe zone. I want to be able to grab a tetra off both auto loaders at the same time. That means according to the rules i need to be in both loading zones at the same time. So an extender is the only way to do this. the extender wouldn't be used for the safety purpose though, if anything it would quickly be retracted to avoid any bashing issues.

[n0cturnalxb]

Originally Posted by Ianworld

well i'm i'm interested in this not because of a safe zone. I want to be able to grab a tetra off both auto loaders at the same time. That means according to the rules i need to be in both loading zones at the same time. So an extender is the only way to do this. the extender wouldn't be used for the safety purpose though, if anything it would quickly be retracted to avoid any bashing issues.

Wasn't there a rule about being in two loading zones at the same time? I haven't read the manual so I can't pinpoint the exact rule, but I remember someone mentioning that it's illegal to be in two zones at once

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by n0cturnalxb

Wasn't there a rule about being in two loading zones at the same time? I haven't read the manual so I can't pinpoint the exact rule, but I remember someone mentioning that it's illegal to be in two zones at once

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[Ianworld]

Thanks guys. I reread the manual looking for the rule that said that last night, (somebdoy else on my team pointed me to it) but couldn't find it. Off to find another soultion to the problem.

[Travis Covington]

Can anyone guess an answer to the original question? Can your outriggers be in the loading zone touching it to be considered legally 'in'?

[DrShadowSML]

I'm not positive I'm correct but I think the whole robot must be in the zone. I could be wrong.

[Ryan Collings]

I do not think that the whole robot will fit in the loading zone.

What I am looking for is what qualifies as "in the loading zone"

ID: 978 Section: 4.3.3 Status: Answered Date Answered: 1/11/2005
Q: Regarding <G17>: What are the parameters for being "in" a loading zone? (i.e., must some part of the robot be touching the yellow triangle, et cetera)

A: There are no yellow triangles in the loading zones. The robot base and / or drive train must be touching the loading zone. The intent of this rule is that you must be in the loading zone. By making it blatantly obvious that you are in the loading zone, you will draw far less attention from the referees.

hehe, sorry. I found the answer in another post

[russell]

Rofl. Person one asks "What are the parameters for being "in" a loading zone?". Person two replies "The robot base and / or drive train must be touching the loading zone. The intent of this rule is that you must be in the loading zone."

[WildEmerica]

So can you not touch the loading zone and still take a tetra if your really close? yo

[Spikey]

Originally Posted by WildEmerica

So can you not touch the loading zone and still take a tetra if your really close? yo

No, you have to touch the loading zone triangle. From the way they replied it looks like they want something like a wheel from your robot or part of the base to touch the zone. I don't think they will look too kindly on extending arms that touch the zone, they want the 38-28 part of the robot touching the zone.

[sirbleedsalot]

So what happens if in order to be in the loading zone your arm sticks over the side lines? Also what are the dimensions of the loading zone?

[CyberWolf_22]

I believe the triangles that make up the loading zones are equilateral triangles with 3 feet side lengths.