Framer Perimeter Clarification
Hello,
It is NOT our intent to "lawyer the rules", we simply can not understand something about them, and would like clarification.
It is our understanding that the rules, as they currently appear, must be interpreted as effectively forbidding mechanisms from entering into the BUMPER ZONE outside of the FRAME PERIMETER. This would in turn seem to disallow floor pick up of LOGO PIECES.
The argument for this is the following:
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1)It seems that the FRAME PERIMETER is defined in reference to the robot at any time, implying that at any moment wrapping a string around a robot would represent it's current FRAME PERIMETER.
2)Bumper rules dictate that the FRAME PERIMETER must have full bumper coverage in the BUMPER ZONE.
3)Any mechanism, say an arm, going for an object on the ground would enter the BUMPER ZONE.
4)once it's in the BUMPER ZONE, the FRAME PERIMETER now envelops the arm as well (wrap a string around the robot: the arm would create a new vertex for the FRAME PERIMETER outside of the former FRAME PERIMETER).
5)The arm + chassis would need to conform to the bumper rules (i.e. HAVE bumpers, maintaing bumper gaps, no articulated bumpers, etc...)
6)since the last point is almost impossible to conform to, picking up LOGO PIECES from the floor is nigh impossible to do legally.
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Many (all?) teams are on a working assumption that the above interpretation of the rules is false/mistaken.
Could you confirm our understanding of the rules, or (preferably) clarify our mistake in interpreting them?
Thanks,
Team 2630, The Emek Hefer Thunderbolts, Israel
P.S.
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