Start is the beginning of the round. One the round starts the team DOES NOT WAIT for anyone to tell them what to do.  They pick up a robot out of base and take a penalty or they grab the robot when it is in base (crosses the boundary to base) and then reconfigure and go again on the next run or they repeat the last run as they decide.<br>
<br>2.5 minutes go real quick.  <br><br>There are several rules about what you can touch and not touch. You cannot touch the missions or other objects outside of base.  If your robot drops an attachment and it is not an obvious accident then you cannot pick it up. If you send the bionic eyes out and want to try again, the robot has to retrieve one of them. <br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Brandy bergenstock <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"><a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3D1011%26L%3DVADCFLL-L%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D72504%26B%3D--0016e68fa6b18124cc04940799a1%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3Dwindows-1252%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div class="im"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>    2) For a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">clean start</span>, Rule 20 says that &quot;YOU may NOT be touching objects the robot is about to move or use,&quot; and &quot;YOU may NOT be touching objects the robot is touching,&quot; and, of course, Rule 21 says that the team cannot touch the robot just before a start or restart:  &quot;You may not handle the robot, or anything it’s about to move or use, during or after the countdown, except for the single action needed to get the program running.  Because of these rules, it is highly recommend that the team members not be touching anything in<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Base at the time or a start or restart</span>.</div>
</div><div> <br>This is unclear to me. Is a clean start a restart after the robot is brought back, or is it the very first time the robot is turned on?    I thought I read in LLyod&#39;s post that you didn&#39;t to wait until the referees told you to start again after handing you the robot.  You could start it once it was in base again. <br>
     Also, the objects we can not touch, are those missions parts on the mat that are not in base then? <br>I&#39;m just trying to make sure I fully understand all the dos and don&#39;ts.<br> Thanks, <br><font color="#888888">Brandy <br>
</font></div><div class="im"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Nov 1, 2010, at 4:34 PM, Lloyd O&#39;Hara wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US"><div><font face="Arial">Paul,</font></div><div>
<font face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial">If
 I&#39;m understanding the question correctly, you would like to know if the team can be work on stuff in base while the bot is out doing its thing.  If I am understanding correctly, the answer, as long as it&#39;s only the two members at the table, would be yes, its ok.  Not only is it ok, its a very sound way to approach things if you ask me.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial">Thanks,</font></div><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial">Lloyd</font></div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;">
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<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Monday, November 01, 2010 3:46 PM</div><div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b><span> </span>[VADCFLL-L] Handling Things in Base</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
When the robot is active and out of base can the team members be working on things in base such as loading up
 attachments - or do they have to wait until the robot is inactive and back in base?</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">  </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
Thanks</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">  </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Paul</div></div></blockquote></div>
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