I am pretty sure that the breifcase is an optional item and not required. I remember seeing that rule somewhere. Mike On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Eric Palmer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > So what happens if the nurse's briefcase is left behind. Near the targtet. > But she get to the patient area with the other people? > > Thank > > 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. >> > > ------------------------------ > 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.