On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 12:34 AM, Sonya Shaver <
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>
Thanks, Steve! So, if the robot has an attachment on it that has
grabbed
> something, and then comes back to base, and the robot is all
the way back in
> base, but has an attachment still dangling out of
base that has the item
> attached to it, then they could lose the item
if the touch the robot?
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011
at 9:45 PM, VA/DC Referee Advisor <
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>
wrote:
>>
>> Rule 18 tells what happens when you touch the
robot or its cargo. It
>> includes a Warning: "Avoid touching
a robot entering Base until its
>> cargo has also reached
Base!"
>>
>> The bottom line is that the team will usually
not want to touch the
>> robot or its cargo until the robot itself
and each of its cargo items
>> have crossed into
Base.
>>
>> The position of each item is determined
independently (Rule 21) and
>> cargo that has not crossed into Base
may be lost (Rule 18).
>>
>> There are also several Robot
Game Updates that give more details on
>> specific
cases:
>> Update 24, Multi-part models, tells us that the yellow
farm truck and
>> its contents are treated as a single object--if
one is in Base, then
>> all are in Base. Similarly the white
refrigerated trailer and its
>> contents are treated as a single
object for entering Base.
>> Update 25, Bacteria Cluster Entering
Base, tells us that distinct
>> continuous clusters of bacteria
will be treated as one object for
>> purposes of entering Base.
It also reminds us that this doesn't apply
>> to other
mission models.
>>
>> Update 30, from this week, doesn't
talk about Base, but it does give
>> some examples about when a
mission model is cargo.
>>
>> Steve Scherr
>>
VA/DC FLL Referee Advisor
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at
6:23 PM, Sonya Shaver <
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wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> > Can I ask a question to
clarify when you can touch the robot when it
>> >
returns
>> > to base in between programs?
>> > In
past years, the team could grab the robot as soon as a portion of
the
>> > robot had clearly entered base. But I think I
read something in a
>> > question
>> > on this list
about cargo needing to be in base too. So, can you clarify
>>
> about that? For example, if the robot has an attachment that
has
>> > grabbed
>> > some item off the table to
bring it back to base, then when the robot
>> >
comes
>> > back to base, once a part of the robot has clearly
entered base, can the
>> > team member still grab the robot?
Even if the cargo is still out of
>> > base,
>>
> but is attached to the attachment on the robot? Am I being
clear?
>> > Thanks,
>> > Sonya in
Harrisonburg
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