Jeff,

You answered your question with the second part of your post. Handling is about what the technicians (students) not the robot do. I have used and seen carabiner type attachments used at every level of FLL (region, state, world) and have never seen it questioned. 

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> On Nov 1, 2017, at 1:29 PM, Jeff Borek <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> for clarification: the robot, not the kids, would be doing the "combining".
> 
> also, as soon as I sent my post I remembered where I saw the discussion before:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forums.usfirst.org_forum_general-2Ddiscussions_first-2Dprograms_first-2Dlego-2Dleague_the-2Dchallenge_rules-2Dmissions_15669-2Ddoes-2Da-2Dlego-2Dcarabiner-2Dviolate-2Dr11&d=DwIFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=k6Oa5GxfBPFMgGjb2r5QIoEOeBZs9xbNIpA0kLw_kFQ&m=K_P-zQynMe78dkq1COUivBHQH5FiEm5ylQZeqtpB2us&s=z3v-ErrirrjYXvEzumhhJ70HuQa4K_0lCcn0ig0IFls&e= 
> 
> I would still like an official answer if possible.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Jeff
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