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Official Q&A: VRC 2021-2022: Tipping Point

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920: Hoarding please clarify the about one square foam tile; it is vague


Kristi Warne
8-Nov-2021

Originally, we understood that a robot could hold three goals and it would not be hoarding. What if 'one' robot on an alliance team has 6 of the goals touching in the corner of a field to the side of their platform (2 foam squares) and has one goal touching the platform and their large robot of 17 1/2 inches was at a diagonal not moving (not carrying a goal) , is this not hoarding?

Answered by committee

We apologize, but it is impossible to provide a blanket answer based on this snapshot description of a hypothetical Match / Robot / mechanism / interaction. For more discussion on when Hoarding becomes an SG7 violation, please see the following related Q&A's:

https://www.robotevents.com/VRC/2021-2022/QA/917

https://www.robotevents.com/VRC/2021-2022/QA/863

https://www.robotevents.com/VRC/2021-2022/QA/894

If these do not answer your question, please feel free to rephrase and re-submit with a picture or diagram.