I didn't see the earlier post if there was one but I assume your table is level too. That could affect how far the syringe rolls. Just a thought. Matt On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 1:30 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > Regarding the final item in your reply, the syringe on our practice table > usually penetrates into the base by just 1 to 2 inches. I have verified > that all the wheels spin smoothly and the ramp is built correctly. > > Given potential variations in competition tables and models, how will > referees handle syringes that fall just short of the base? Give benefit of > the doubt and allow the kids to grab the syringe so that they can screen the > red / white blood cells? > > Thanks, > > Wally Walter > Co-coach, Lake Anne Sea Monsters > > Oct 17, 2010 09:33:36 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote: > > > > >after-white-space; ">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. > > ------------------------------ > 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. > -- "There are two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors." --Unattributed -- 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.