This sounds like a “teaching” opportunity. Treat this as a real world engineering challenge – how can you redesign the robot so that one of the standard cables will do the job? By imposing a constrained set of materials (standard LEGO parts) the contest enforces real world engineering limitations that must be accommodated.
- Glenn Roberts
- (former FLL coach)
From: First Lego League in Virginia and DC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of VA/DC Referee Advisor
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 5:06 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] cable extenders
The rule about what you can use is:
Rule 4--Equipment
* EVERYTHING - Everything you use in the competition area directly or indirectly for strategy (mission-related activity) must be made entirely of LEGO-manufactured elements in original factory condition.
So, if you can find an appropriate adapter that is manufactured by LEGO, then it would be allowed. I don't know if there are any such items. I did a quick check at BrickLink, and didn't see anything right away. I have seen some very long wires, which might serve the same purpose. Be careful, though--sometimes teams have to be creative to keep excess wire from spilling away from the robot and messing things up!
Steve Scherr
VA/DC FLL Referee Advisor
On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Andrew Iodice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Our team would like to use a forth motor but the connectors are deep within the bot. Would it be allowed for my team to use an adapter to connect a wire coming from the NXT 2 controller to allow connection from the top of the bot during the tournament? I was considering female-to-female connector that has one line coming from the NXT 2 to the top of the bot. The connector would allow a quick connect/disconnect during the tournament since there are only three ports available with this controller but 4 motors are now allowed during the tournament.
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