Answered: SG4 Clarification

[Zort]

Hi Karthik, SG4 says:

The intent of this rule is to allow teams to
introduce Cubes into play, but not to impart energy on the Cubes which will cause it to end up in a
position outside the Alliance Starting Tile.

Does this mean that teams are not allowed to place cubes on parts of their robot hanging out of the tile?

For example, what if a robot has only one of it’s wheels on the starting tile, with the intake extended outside of the tile? Are team members allowed to load the cube into the intake, despite it being outside of the starting tile, or does the intake have to be touching the tile as well in order to load it?

Thanks for the clarification.

[Karthik]

@Zort

Does this mean that teams are not allowed to place cubes on parts of their robot hanging out of the tile?

As long as part of the Robot is touching the Alliance Station Starting Tile, any part of the Robot may loaded with a Driver Control Load.

@Zort

For example, what if a robot has only one of it’s wheels on the starting tile, with the intake extended outside of the tile? Are team members allowed to load the cube into the intake, despite it being outside of the starting tile?

Yes, it would be legal to load a Driver Control Load onto this Robot’s intake.