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Questions for Junkyard Challenge:

Would dropping a ball onto a ramp to get it from the middle to the north mouse trap be consider a result of direct touch?

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What are the standards of direct touch? Could you please give examples of what's allowed and what is not allowed.

As for your first question - no, that would be fine.

"Direct touch" means, you doing anything other than releasing the golf ball, ie: setting off the mousetrap with a pencil, pushing some other element that didn't go off correctly...

Basically: all you're allowed to do is release a golf ball. Anything the device does on its own after that is fine, anything you have to activate or do or touch will incur a penalty.

It says in the rules that our box can be made out of anything, and that it can be a part of our contraption. Could we, say, make a box out of legos, then take the box apart and use the legos?

robodude wrote:It says in the rules that our box can be made out of anything, and that it can be a part of our contraption. Could we, say, make a box out of legos, then take the box apart and use the legos?

Definitely. Interesting idea, actually.

Can we use non-flamable/dangerous liquids? like water?

If it's not specifically forbidden by the rules, then anything goes.

So you could have a box made out of cardboard, bring all the junk in it, and then tear it up to use in the machine?

robodude wrote:Can we use non-flamable/dangerous liquids? like water?

Sure, if you find a way to put the water in the box and not have it spill or anything until you're ready to use it.

yah, but then don't forget that you have to find a way to break down your contraption to bring it home at the end of the competition.

Huh? I'll just take it home as is...

Meh. That works too.