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Michael Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Michael Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 18 Oct 2010 06:57:26 -0400
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Our team was asking the same question, going to have to slightly revamp our
strategy.

Mike
On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Stephen Scherr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Viquar,
>   No--each object that the robot retrieves from the field has to cross into
> Base itself before the team members may pick it up.
>
>  Under Rule 22, Touch Penalties,  it says:
>   If you touch the active robot or anything it’s touching while:  a piece
> of CARGO is outside Base, you lose that piece of cargo, unless it was with
> the robot the last time the robot left Base.
>
> Also, Rule 18, Handling Not Allowed says:  You may not move or adjust
> anything outside Base, before, during, or after the match.
>
>    For the situation you described, the doctor (nurse) is a piece of CARGO
> (rule 14--the robot has it for transport).  That figure needs to cross into
> base (some part of it over the boundary line), or else the referee will take
> it off the field and out of play when the team touches the robot.
>
>   There is one exception this year--when any part of the syringe crosses
> into base, then the team may take the entire syringe, and the red and white
> blood cells it is carrying into Base.  (see the Mission description)
>
> Steve Scherr
> VA/DC FLL Referee Advisor
>
> On Oct 17, 2010, at 9:17 PM, Viquar Shaikh wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> My question is regarding the nurse in base. When the robot grabs the nurse
> and comes back to base, is it sufficient that the robot is in base, while
> the nurse - still in the robot's grasp - is outside the base. Can the kids
> then pick up the nurse from outside the base??
>
> Thanks
> Viquar
> Team #8637
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