Lost Bag and Tag
 

Hello,
Brand new to Chief Delphi but my team needs some serious help.
We are extremely unorganized and seem to have "misplaced" the bag and tag bags. We found the tags, right where they started in the KOP box however the bags themselves are completely missing, vanished.
If there is anyway we can get some more bags or if there are any teams in the Mountain View/Bay Area area that have an extra bag we would be eternally grateful.
Thank you so much in advance.

Re: Lost Bag and Tag
 

A good question is why did this come up now? over 18 hours past the "Stop Build" time?

But this brings up a question, does it have to be the FIRST supplied bag, or would any equal size/quality bag do?

Re: Lost Bag and Tag
 

I have no clue regarding the type of bag but I assume its supposed to be FRC supplied.

Last night, midnight, there was only three students actually working on the robot, by the time we realized we didn't have the bags, everyone was basically asleep. We haven't touched the robot or made any modifications seeing as nobody has actually been in the lab since then.

Any help would be great since I know each KOP was supposed to come with two separate bags.

Re: Lost Bag and Tag
 

We MAY have an extra bag you can use, I'll ask my mentors. It may be used for our bumpers, though...

Re: Lost Bag and Tag
 

I guess that's understandable, for the record, I wasn't accusing anyone of continuing to work after 12:00.

Regardless, you still have a pretty big problem on your hands. If we weren't so far away, I'd definitely help you guys out considering we have a few extra from last year. Hope things work out, best of luck.

Re: Lost Bag and Tag
 

Thank you very much in advance regardless of whether you have the extra or not.
It's my understanding that you don't actually need to bag your bumpers given the 30lb. of extra material you are allowed to bring.

Re: Lost Bag and Tag
 

It's a large, heavy-duty plastic, clear(ish) bag. I remember them being in the same tote as the tags.

The other thing that you need to do, right away, is contact FRC HQ. Explain your situation (and that you are working on finding an available bag in the area). They will tell you what you need to do.

Re: Lost Bag and Tag
 

We're keeping half of our robot and working on it. Please note that by half I mean half of the physical robot, not half the weight of the robot. No way half our robot's weight is 30 pounds. :p

Re: Lost Bag and Tag
 

At 8:31 am tomorrow EST I suggest you call 800-871-8326 ext. 0.

Re: Lost Bag and Tag
 

Sorry to hear your Team has lost its bags.

Tip for next year. Give the bag and tags to a teacher or mentor in charge for safe keeping. This is what our team did. The teacher gave them back to us a few days before bag and tag.

The team put them in a safe place in our work room and told everyone what they were for and not to touch them. We also included multiple copies of the stop build day form just in case we could not access it from the computer on stop build day.

Re: Lost Bag and Tag
 

By now I assume you have contacted First and found out how to handle the bag but you must get it bagged and tagged ASAP and fill out the paperwork.

To others who claim to be working on parts of their robot or have kept parts of their robot to work on after the stop build period. This is not allowed. You must bag your entire robot and bumpers if you have made them already.

[R19]
The Robot (including items intended for use during the competition in alternative configurations of the Robot, excluding items permitted per Rule[R26]) must be bagged or crated (as appropriate for your event), and out of team hands by the shipment deadline specified in the FRC Administrative Manual, Section 5.

[R20]
Teams must stay “hands-off” their Robot from Stop Build Day until their first competition, during the period(s) between their competitions, and outside of pit hours while attending competitions; there are no restrictions on when software may be developed. Specific exceptions are as follows:
A. On days a team is not attending an event, they may continue development of any items permitted per Rule[R26], but must do so without interfacing with the Robot.
B. Teams attending 2-day events may access their Robots per the rules defined in the Administrative Manual,Section 5.7, Robot Access Period - for Teams Attending 2-Day Events.


[R26]
Teams may bring a maximum of 30 lbs of Fabricated Items to each competition event to be used to repair and/or upgrade their Robot at the competition site. The Operator Console and any battery assemblies (see [R03]-A) are not
applicable.

This means you can assemble spares, manufacture parts that will upgrade the parts currently in place on the robot (i.e. making something that is stronger than the part currently on the robot) or simply hold out parts that are already finished like bumpers, if and only if they total less than 30lbs. Any other items must be assembled at your event.

Re: Lost Bag and Tag
 

Al, I read upgrade in [R26] to also mean add functionality. Taking a robot with no ball manipulation ability and giving it some is certainly an upgrade.

Re: Lost Bag and Tag
 

I don't think the following Q/A agrees with you.

If they had wanted to ban new mechanisms, they would have explicitly said so in the answer to the Q/A, rather then referring to [R22].

Re: Lost Bag and Tag
 

Joe,
R22 relates to modified COTS so I was and still am confused by this response.

Re: Lost Bag and Tag
 

It seems pretty clear to me. You buy things that are COTS. You modify them, cut, drill, mount things and now it is called a Fabricated item. You are allowed 30lbs of fabricated items. There are no restrictions on what is a fabricated item, other than it used to be a COTS that you modified in any way.

Modified COTS is a fabricated item. Measured and cut stock is fabricated. Measured, cut, mounted, repeat, assemble is fabricated.