Can students touch (ie.. to set a different program) after it jumps the edge to run the line follower program and again before resetting arm and running that program?
A. Student Engineering Team Response: Our thoughts were that it would not be overly difficult to program the jump sequence and line-follower together, so we are not allowing touching of the robot between the jump and the hurdle. However, we would allow a change of program during the time the discus apparatus is attached to the robot (after the bot reaches the “T” autonomously but before throwing the discus). During this time the designated participant is allowed to handle the robot in the manner described in the rules, and since a piece is potentially being added, and the robot is potentially re-oriented, a change of program is logical there.
