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1538: G8C and Match load assistance

Jacob Church
11-Jun-2023

<G8> ...Drive Team Members are prohibited from any of the following actions during a Match: c. Bringing/using additional materials to simplify the game challenge during a Match.

Previously devices have been permitted in the act of aiding in match loading specifically in tipping point with this Q&A https://www.robotevents.com/VRC/2021-2022/QA/1019. This appears to be outlawed in G8 C. However with match loading this season especially in the case of raised fields it is time consuming to pick up and load triballs one or two at a time from the floor.

Is there any openness to utilizing anything to assist in holding and placing match loads?

Provided no other rules are violated, examples such as the following are not considered violations of <G8> -Materials used before or after a Match, such as a pre-Match alignment aid, or a carrying case for Robots/Controllers

Could the carrying case for the robot be utilized as a table for preloads during a match to ease the usage of match loads specifically on raised fields?

G8  
Answered by committee
23-Jun-2023

Thank you for your question. As you quoted from clause 'c' of rule <G8>, "Drive Team Members are prohibited from ... bringing / using additional materials to simplify the game challenge during a Match." This would include devices to aid with Match Loading.

The Event Partner may provide boxes, tables, or other devices to contain and/or elevate Match Loads at their discretion under rule <T22>, but any devices must be consistent across all fields, Alliance Stations, Matches, and Teams.