<R12> 72" x 72" Size Restriction

[Coop]

Originally Posted by roboticshirt

i really belive that the 72 in limit only applies to the footprint, that means that arms could extend farther.

the arm cannot extend beyond the footprint. the footprint=a shadow of your robot straight below it.
-coop, team 1717

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Coop

the arm cannot extend beyond the footprint. the footprint=a shadow of your robot straight below it.
-coop, team 1717

...at noon, on the Equator.

Edit: On the solstice.

[Kevin Sevcik]

And the Q&A comes through. The answer is that the robot must fit inside a 72" x 72" x infinity virtual box at all times. So the diagonal trick works. I suppose still under question is whether it must be designed mechanically to never exceed the size, or whether it can be a driver/controls thing.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

And the Q&A comes through. The answer is that the robot must fit inside a 72" x 72" x infinity virtual box at all times. So the diagonal trick works. I suppose still under question is whether it must be designed mechanically to never exceed the size, or whether it can be a driver/controls thing.

Awesome.

They can't enforce a mechanical limit because of the home zone rule. Also, there are software limits. If the pots on an arm limit the movement to a legal range, it would be crazy for the inspectors to make the team fully expand it. If the inspectors ask my team that, i will state "Sir, we can't make our robot do that, it simply isn't possible with our software" or something along those lines.

[Bochek]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

And the Q&A comes through. The answer is that the robot must fit inside a 72" x 72" x infinity virtual box at all times. So the diagonal trick works. I suppose still under question is whether it must be designed mechanically to never exceed the size, or whether it can be a driver/controls thing.

can you provide the link to where this question was answered?

- Bochek


EDIT: found it... http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=1121 I agree that this is then possible, and man does it save my @$$

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

...at noon, on the Equator.

Edit: On the solstice.

We had to back out of the West Michigan Regional due to lack of $$ - now we're going to have to travel to the Equator?
FedEx ought to love that one.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Coop

the arm cannot extend beyond the footprint. the footprint=a shadow of your robot straight below it.
-coop, team 1717

Did I hear someone mention flux integrals ?! hehe

[BobC]

Originally Posted by roboticshirt

i really belive that the 72 in limit only applies to the footprint, that means that arms could extend farther.

I think it means to make believe you are playing in a 72 x 72 square test tube. The test tube goes from the floor all the way to the ceiling of the arena.

[Stephen Kowski]

Originally Posted by GDC

The intent of Rule <R12> is that the robot must be able to fit within a 72" x 72" virtual box at all times. The orientation of the robot within the box is inconsequential.

I think we can put this thread to rest.