Answered: <G6> "Promptly" interpretation

[Aponthis]

Hello Karthik,

<G6> During the qualification rounds, the red Alliance has the right to place its Robots on the field
last. During the elimination rounds, the higher seeded Alliance has the right to place its Robots on the
field last. Once a team has placed its Robot on the field, its position cannot be readjusted prior to the
match. Robots must be placed on the field promptly. A Team that violates this rule will have its robots
randomly repositioned by the referees.

At a recent regional tournament, the referees gave the teams exactly five seconds to place their robots and said that once the robot was released, it was considered placed and could not be touched again, even if the match on the other field was still going and there was plenty of time before the match on that field had to be started. Is this a valid interpretation of <G6>? What amount of time is allowed to place a robot? And what conditions must be met for a robot to be considered placed?

Thanks, Karthik!

[Karthik]

@Aponthis

At a recent regional tournament, the referees gave the teams exactly five seconds to place their robots and said that once the robot was released, it was considered placed and could not be touched again, even if the match on the other field was still going and there was plenty of time before the match on that field had to be started. Is this a valid interpretation of <G6>? What amount of time is allowed to place a robot? And what conditions must be met for a robot to be considered placed?

Referees and local events are given the freedom to run their events at the pace they choose. As long as they were consistent to all teams with this time frame, this would be acceptable.