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2491: [SC8] Benefit Of The Doubt Inside The Base

WOMP
1-Feb-2025

In a recent match, we had a robot complete all criteria for being awarded an AWP besides touching the base due to a ziptie managing to, very majestically, go in the hole that is used for securing the Ladder to the base. As referees we shown a flashlight and could not see any physical touch inside the base, but there was no way for us to tell.

Should we give benefit of the doubt in this situation that it might be touching something internally? I acknowledge this may never happen again, but it was extraordinary to have happen to begin with. I have attached an image from said match below.

Reference image courtesy of 63975D

SC8  
Answered by committee
6-Feb-2025

Should this happen again, we'd advise Head Referees to give the Team the benefit of the doubt and consider this as having met the AWP requirement that a Robot be contacting the Ladder (assuming, of course, that the part used to 'contact' the Ladder isn't expanding beyond the horizontal expansion limits of rule <SG2>).