In the VEX Gateway manual, it states that robots may be moved by the alliance of that robot’s color relative to the field. Does this mean that the robot may not be tilted, but only slid and turned?
Karthik
November 7, 2011, 11:23am
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Let’s take a look at the exact rule from the VEX Gateway Manual:
<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. Violations of this rule will result in warning for the first offense.
Subsequent offenses or an egregious first offense will result in a Disqualification.
Since repositioning and reorienting is legal, you would be allowed to slide, tile, turn or perform any combination of these reorientations.
Ok. Thank you. Now one more question:
Would it be legal to have a zip-tie folded underneath the robot, so that it is held underneath it under the 18" limit only by the floor, then to tilt/lift the robot above the starting tile so that the zip-tie uncurls to extend beyond the 18" limit? Because of this, no direct or indirect contact is being made to alter the configuration of the zip-tie, but rather the lack of contact with the floor, which doesn’t seem to break any rules of the game manual.
There probably is no practical use, but I still would like to know.
Carcabob:
Ok. Thank you. Now one more question:
Would it be legal to have a zip-tie folded underneath the robot, so that it is held underneath it under the 18" limit only by the floor, then to tilt/lift the robot above the starting tile so that the zip-tie uncurls to extend beyond the 18" limit? Because of this, no direct or indirect contact is being made to alter the configuration of the zip-tie, but rather the lack of contact with the floor, which doesn’t seem to break any rules of the game manual.
There probably is no practical use, but I still would like to know.
Yes, this would be legal. Please see the below linked Q&A entry for a similar question.
https://vexforum.com/t/answered-using-field-to-change-configuration/19923/1
Okay. Thank you for your time.