Answered: Possession Clarification

[2587x]

Possessing – A Robot is considered to be Possessing a Cone if it is carrying, holding, or controlling
the movement of a Cone in the Robot. Pushing/plowing Cones is not considered Possession,
however using concave portions of your Robot to control the movement of Cones is considered Possession.

<SG9> Robots may not Possess more than one (1) Cone at a time.
Minor violations of this rule that do not affect the Match will result in a warning. Match Affecting
offenses will result in a Disqualification. Teams that receive multiple warnings may also receive a
Disqualification at the Head Referee’s discretion.

Note: An intent of this rule is to prevent Robots from hoarding Cones by pushing them. The intent is
not to punish Robots for pushing Cones that are in their way.

Note 2: Stacked Cones do not count towards the Possession limit. (i.e. A Robot is allowed to control
the movement of a Mobile Goal with Stacked Cones)

The definition of Possession says that:

Possessing – A Robot is considered to be Possessing a Cone if it is carrying, holding, or controlling
the movement of a Cone in the Robot. Pushing/plowing Cones is not considered Possession,
however using concave portions of your Robot to control the movement of Cones is considered Possession.

could you clarify the definition of “in the Robot”? Does this allow the Robot to hold onto one cone with a bunch of cones stacked on top that are not “in the Robot”?

Thank you

[Karthik]

@2587x

could you clarify the definition of “in the Robot”? Does this allow the Robot to hold onto one cone with a bunch of cones stacked on top that are not “in the Robot”?

If a Robot is holding on to one Cone, while there are Cones fully or partially nested upon it, the Robot would be in possession of all of those Cones. So the situation you’ve described would be an example of Possessing multiple Cones and would be a violation of <SG9>.