D05 defines an Interruption to be when you "interact with the Robot."

Taking off a Plastic Bag that moves part of the Robot is clearly
interacting with the Robot, so the situation described is an Interruption
and the Robot is subject to Interruption Penalties and needs to re-launch
in order to continue.


As general advice, it's not a good strategy to rely on possible borderline
conditions during the middle of a match. If you might need to explain it to
the referee, then it can cause you to lose precious seconds. Penalty
objects can be removed from the mat after a discussion with the ref, but
you cannot get the time back in that match.

Generally, if a team takes a Model that the Robot is transporting, then I
will always call that an Interruption, since "changing what the Robot is
carrying" is interacting with the Robot to me.

Steve Scherr
Virginia-DC FLL Referee Advisor


On Thursday, November 12, 2015, Katie Geiser-Bush <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hello all:
> One of the kids on the team asked a question that we could not answer by
> studying the rules. If the robot retrieves an item, such as one of the
> plastic bags, and brings the item completely into safety and pauses for a
> period of time before continuing with its program, but the robot is not
> completely in safety, can a team member retrieve the item during the pause
> as long as they do not touch the robot?
>
> In the specific case, retrieving the item would move part of the robot,
> but the team member does not touch the robot. They are not interrupting the
> robot and not touching the robot, so I am passing this question on to the
> better informed.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Michael Bush
> Aquabots
> RRR
>
>

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