Answered: <SG9> and blocking the Autoloader

AlecMiller · December 24, 2014, 2:17pm

Please forgive the quality of this drawing, I’m not much of an artist.

This robot is composed of three parts, a base, an extension rod, and a curtain. The base is outside the protected area, and the extension rod and curtain are outside the bounds of the field perimeter. During the expansion process a sensor is used to ensure that it doesn’t hit somebody during the expansion, and the method used to expand does not use enough force to cause any form of injury. The curtain is positioned so that when expanded the drive team of the opposing alliance is unable to place a Skyrise section in the autoloader. However, it in no way blocks the ability of a robot to access the autoloader.

<SG9> Robots may not interfere with an opposing Alliance’s Building of Skyrise Sections in any way. The
following actions are all illegal.
a) Contacting an opponent’s Autoloader and/or contents. (See Figure 22)
b) Contacting an opponent’s Skyrise Base and/or Skyrise. (See Figure 23)
c) Contacting an opponent’s Alliance Starting Tile or the grey foam field tile between the two
Alliance Starting Tiles and located in the corner of the field. (See Figures 24-25)
d) Contacting an opponent’s Robot that is contacting the foam field tiles mentioned in c) and not
contacting any other foam field tiles. (See Figure 26)
e) Contacting any Scoring Objects that are contacting the foam field tiles mentioned in c) and
not contacting any other foam field tiles.
f) Depositing Scoring Objects in/on the opponent’s foam field tiles mentioned in c) or on Robots
or Scoring Objects touching said tiles.
Please note that both direct contact (e.g. Robot making contact) and indirect contact (e.g. Robot
contacting a Scoring Object that makes contact) are considered violations of the above listed clauses

The robot is not contacting the autoloader or its contents
It is outside of the protected area and thus is not touching the Skyrise base, skyrise, or any of the protected tiles
It is positioned in such a way that it will not touch a robot in the protected area
It will not touch any scoring objects in the protected area
It will not be depositing anything in the protected area

Is such a design legal?

Karthik · December 24, 2014, 2:22pm

Thank you for providing a picture. Without the image, understanding your question would have been difficult.

Blocking access to the Autoloader, whether for the Student Drive Team Member, or the Robot, is a violation of <SG9>. The intent of <SG9> is to ensure that teams have unimpeded access to build their Skyrise.

AlecMiller · December 24, 2014, 2:25pm

OK, that’s understandable. Thanks for the quick reply!

Karthik · December 24, 2014, 2:25pm

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