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VA-DC Referee Advisor <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 16 Oct 2014 19:15:25 -0400
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That's right--in fact Rule 35 explicitly says that the team members can
handle objects in Base:

35 - Storage
- You may at any time handle stored objects the robot is not interacting
with, including the placement of objects (completely in Base) for the robot
to interact with during an autonomous period.

(The first bullet of Rule 35 says that Stored Objects are things that the
team may handle, and include anything in Base.)


Also, Rule 8 says that your team can usually choose to do things in any
order:

8 - Mission - A mission requirement is a condition the robot produces for
points, sometimes in a certain way.
-- You decide the order in which to try the missions, and how many to try
with each software program.

So your team may do each of the  parts of the Engagement mission whenever
they choose to.

As Fredrik noted, Rule 2 also clearly allows that.  Rule 8 is just a
restatement, so that you can be sure.

Steve Scherr
VA-DC FLL Referee Advisor

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Fredrik Nyman <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Nothing in the rules say you can't do that, so yes, sure thing.  (I'm
> willing to bet that most teams solve the Project-Based Learning mission
> exactly that way too).
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Parvathy Krishnan <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Good point. Related question from another rookie coach. Can you pick up
>> the loops, bring them to base, hang them by hand on another attachment and
>> send the robot on a run to transfer the loops to PBL model?
>> Thanks
>> Parvathy
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Oct 16, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Haitao Fan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Engage first, or else the pin does not move even if your turn the wheel.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Fredrik Nyman <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Not dumb at all.  Golden rule: if the rules don't say you can't do X,
>>> you can do X.
>>> Helpful reminder: for scoring, it is the field condition at the end of
>>> the match that counts.
>>>
>>> So: engagement: yes, you can engage and then do other things and then
>>> spin the wheel. Or don't spin the wheel at all if you don't want to, you
>>> get 20 points just for engaging.
>>>
>>> Loops: yes, you can pick up as many loops as you want and put them on
>>> the PBL model all at once when you're done picking them up. Or do it
>>> piecemeal. Doesn't matter, only thing that matters is how many loops hang
>>> on the PBL model at the end of the match.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, October 16, 2014, Hal Swetnam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Rookie coach and rookie team alert!  Sorry if these seem like dumb
>>>> questions.
>>>> For the Engagement Mission, can the gear engagement  be done at one
>>>> point during the match and the turning of the pinwheel at another? In other
>>>> words, do they have to be done one right after the other?
>>>> And
>>>> For the Project Based Learning Mission, can you go throughout the match
>>>> and add loops? Also, can you use loops you picked up during the match at
>>>> other missions?
>>>> Thanks a million
>>>> Hal
>>>>
>>>>

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