Leyla's team has a nice technical question--I haven't seen this one before!

Yes--while preparing the Robot for a Launch, the team Technicians may pick up things that are completely in Home and put them down in the Launch Area, even if they pass through the airspace over a part of the Field that is not Home or the Launch Area.  Generally speaking, the Technicians are allowed to handle objects that are totally in Home, which includes picking them up and putting them down somewhere else that is allowed.  They probably won't want to cause an Interruption by doing that, of course.

I would not slide objects along the mat outside of Home and the Launch Area for several reasons, including rules 22 and 23.  Your referee will likely object, and your result may vary on different tables.

Steve Scherr
Virginia-DC FLL Referee Advisor


On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 11:58 PM Leyla Nazhand-Ali <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Good evening ,

While preparing for a launch or a re- launch, while the robot is in the launch area, is it ok to move cargo and equipment from home to outside of the launch area and then to the launch area? This happens when we have our cargo in the large inspection area and it is faster to take them through the field to the launch area instead of taking them to the small inspection area and then, to the launch area. 

Thanks,
Leyla
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