if you had an alliance partner that had only two drivers on the court, and they might both be busy during autonomous (lift gate, match-load objects)
(assuming no other rules are broken)
Karthik
November 2, 2011, 11:55am
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murdomeek:
if you had an alliance partner that had only two drivers on the court, and they might both be busy during autonomous (lift gate, match-load objects)
(assuming no other rules are broken)
No, this would not be legal. Let’s take a look at the applicable rule from the VEX Gateway Game Manual . I’ve bolded some text for emphasis.
<SG5>** During the Autonomous Period, Drivers and Coaches may handle their own Robot** while the Robot is in contact with their own Alliance Starting Tile. During contact with the Robot, the Drivers or Coaches may not intentionally manipulate or modify the position of any Scoring Objects (aside from any which are being loaded into the Robot), either by direct hand contact or indirect contact via the Robot. Drivers or Coaches also may not change the configuration of the Robot other than in the act of fixing the Robot (i.e. it is okay to reposition the robot relative to the field, but it is not okay to manually lift up the Robot’s arm).
The intent of this rule is to allow teams to fix Robots that are unable to move, to load Match Loads into the Robot, to reposition and/or reorient Robots, and to activate additional autonomous modes by interacting with the Robot via sensors or buttons.
The intent of this rule is not to allow teams to manipulate their Robot in such a way that they are controlling the Robot via human contact or creating motions that lead to scoring.
As you can see the rule only allows teams to handle their own robot.
thanks for the clarification!