Answered: SG7, hanging, and thread 78563

[Oliver_W]

this thread:
https://vexforum.com/t/answered-interference-with-a-hanging-robot/25160/1

states that

Answered: Interference With a Hanging Robot

After careful deliberation amongst the VRC Game Design Committee, we have decided to change our interpretation of <SG7>. Please note that this Q&A supersedes all past Q&A entries on this topic.

Any Scoring Objects which are held by a Robot that is touching the Hanging Bar/Structure, when there are less than 30 seconds remaining in the match, will be considered an extension of the Robot. Thus, contact of these Scoring Objects by the opposing alliance robots would be considered a violation of <SG7>.

Summation: Robots are protected while trying to hang in the last thirty seconds of the match. Robots should steer completely clear of their opponents’ Hanging Bar/Structure during this period of the match to avoid the ramifications of violating <SG7>.

Does this ruling affect how hanging should be determined? If a large ball is being “held” by a robot at the end of the match and either:

• the robot is completely above the barrier but the ball is not
  OR
• the robot is not touching the ground but the ball is

does the large ball count as an extension of the robot for the purpose of assessing whether that robot is not hanging, low hanging or high hanging?

And another question:

If in the last 30 seconds a robot attempts to stop an opponent robot from hanging by throwing game objects at them or pushing game objects (such as large balls) into them, is this a violation of <SG7>?

[Karthik]

Does this ruling affect how hanging should be determined?

does the large ball count as an extension of the robot for the purpose of assessing whether that robot is not hanging, low hanging or high hanging?

No and no. This ruling only applies when evaluating the interaction prohibited in <SG7>

If in the last 30 seconds a robot attempts to stop an opponent robot from hanging by throwing game objects at them or pushing game objects (such as large balls) into them, is this a violation of <SG7>?

Yes.