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 > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave > the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ADMIN-L. Visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html to subscribe. > > > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave > the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ADMIN-L. Visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html to subscribe. > -- -- Michael Brown Y!:nrune AOL:nrune GPS: Team Virginia Brown's -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ADMIN-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html to subscribe.