A question about the appendage

FIRST General Forum
1

Hello all,

So, our team has a dumper that dumps all 3 balls into the hoop.

It’s tucked into the robot so it’s not an appendage, and is only an appendage when extended.

However, when balls come in the robot and are moved into the dumper waiting to be dumped, the balls stick out a little bit beyond the perimeter.

Just to give you a visualization, the dumper is slanted down sharply into the robot, with about a 30 degree angle between the dumper and the wall it’s attached to (the wall is in the center of our robot, essentially cutting it in half).

So, if the balls stick out a little bit when in the dumper when the dumper is still within the perimeter, is this legal? Or would this somehow be an appendage?

2

I don’t think game pieces count as part of the robot, so this should be legal.

3

This is actually a good question; something that would best be left to Q&A.

4

I believe all sizing rules are checked during inspection, and therefore would mean no balls/game pieces. I was not present at the inspection for our team at Smoky mountains this year but I believe last year the inspector made sure we did not violate the in game volume constraints during our inspection.

5

Size/envelope rules which are stated for the robot apply only to the robot. If there were envelope rules which applied to the gamepieces, they would be stated as such.