Carrying Other Robots

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Daniel,
I was referring to contact between the robot on top and another robot on the field. It is perfectly conceivable that the top robot will not fit perfectly on the robot underneath and any contact with another robot would be outside the bumper zone.

Al,

I believe you missed my point. If a robot is to be suspended, it must sit on or grapple onto another robot. This action will (in most cases) be outside the bumperzone.

If the rules are called, as you stated in post 12 then the suspended robot will recieve a penalty for purposeful interaction outside the bumperzone.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

Al,

I believe you missed my point. If a robot is to be suspended, it must sit on or grapple onto another robot. This action will (in most cases) be outside the bumperzone.

If the rules are called, as you stated in post 12 then the suspended robot will recieve a penalty for purposeful interaction outside the bumperzone.

You only get a PENALTY for an action taken against an opponent. <G38-b>

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Spirator

3132 here,

Our team is wondering if we can carry other robots on top of ours. Anyone know whether it is legal.

Thanks.

As long as it's your own alliance, then yes you can.

Figuring out how to get them up there is a challange unto itself though.

Originally Posted by johnr

What happens if a red bot is on top of a blue bot and the blue bot doesn't move for what ever reason? Is that pinning?

No. Pinning requires being held against a field element, the floor is not considered a field element.

[Mr_I]

Originally Posted by johnr

What happens if a red bot is on top of a blue bot and the blue bot doesn't move for what ever reason? Is that pinning?

The two questions that this idea begs are:

1. If you're blue, how do you get the red robot on top of you? (Burrowing would result in field damage)
2. If you're red, how did you get on top of blue? (Pounce-bot?)

Love the ideas that these games spawn

[JesseK]

The rules particularly note that robots should be built robust enough to withstand other robots falling onto them from the bumps:

<G38> (NOTE) ROBOTS should be designed to withstand the expected contact outside the BUMPER ZONE. For example, ROBOT designs should anticipate the scenario of a ROBOT coming off a BUMP and landing on a ROBOT on the green carpet.

Thus someone at some point is expected to inadvertently and unexpectedly carry an opposing or alliance robot, should both robots actually survive that scenario.

[Hokes]

That is pinning.

[DarkAndroid]

That will be illegal because your attempt can lead to damaging another robot, no matter if they are on your team or not.
So I'd advise you to abandon that design
Sorry

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[Al Skierkiewicz]

Daniel,
Perhaps I mislead you. The interaction I am speaking of is not with the carrying robot but with another robot on the field should that contact occur. i.e. three robots in this scenario, the carrier robot, the carried robot and the contacted robot.