I have seen some responses that suggested modifing the trailer to make the back wheels touch the matt. Are the kids allowd to add lego peices to lift the trailer? I thought I saw a rule stating that we can not modify the field setup. On Nov 18, 2011 4:16 PM, "VA/DC Referee Advisor" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Teams, > there have been several responses to this question today and none > are complete. There are three reasons why the trailer in its starting > condition does not count for scoring mission points. They all come > from the Field Setup. They are because of something that isn't there, > something that might be there, and something that is there. > > 1) The meat does not start in the trailer. It starts in Base, per > the Field Setup. > > "Meat & Fish – The crate of meat goes in Base, and the fish go exactly > on their marks east of Base." > > 2) The trailer wheels need to touch the dock north of the white line > to earn the points. This may or may not be the starting position, > depending on the size of the table. Remember, the Field Setup tells > us that the mat is flush to the south wall, so there should be a gap > between the edge of the mat and the north wall. The starting position > of the trailer is touching the wall (Field Setup, again). I can say > that I've seen three sets of tables so far this season, and the front > wheels have been touching the dock north of the the white line on all > of them--but this is not guaranteed to be the case at your tournament. > > It is worth noting that the definition of "touching" says that any > actual amount of direct contact will do. So, yes, any wheel on the > trailer, any bit touching north of the line. > > "Refrigeration Trailer – The back of the white refrigeration trailer > is pushed against the north border wall, between the two center > fences, centered on its marks." > > 3) The Field Setup directs that 2 red bacteria start in the trailer. > This violates the scoring condition that there be "no germs inside", > and is clearly the hardest condition to change just using the robot. > > "Bacteria & Virus (Germs) – Bacteria go in the dispensers in the > quantities and locations shown, except all yellow go in Base, and two > red go in the refrigerated trailer. Eight virus go with the greens and > eight with the pinks." > > So the answer to the iBots question is: "no, definitely not--it does > not score as is." > > Steve Scherr > VA/DC FLL Referee Advisor > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Cathleen Maloney > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I just want to make sure that our team is not missing anything on the > > Refrigerated Ground Transport mission. Is it safe to say that the > trailer > > in its original starting position satisfies the criteria for the mission > > option to have the trailer with the meat inside, no germs, with any of > its > > wheels touching the port dock north of the white line? > > Cathleen Maloney > > Lunsford iBots - #4906 > > -- 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-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-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-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.