To assist teams with their promotional and community relations activities, robots may be unbagged and operated briefly after “Stop Build Day” for display purposes only.
• The intent of this option is to allow teams to briefly show their robot to their community, sponsors, or potential sponsors after “Stop Build Day”.
• Unbagging a robot and putting it on display for many hours (i.e. more than four (4)) at a time would not be considered a “brief” display.
• The Robot Lock-Up Form must be used to track the unbagging and rebagging of the robot during this period. In the “Explanation” column of the form, enter “Robot Display”.
• No activity that could be considered “work on” or “practice with” the robot is allowed.
• Brief displays of robot functions - driving for example - are allowed, but not to the extent that they could be considered practice.
• A good way to avoid turning a robot display period in to a practice session is to have non-drive team members operate the robot, and only for as short a time as necessary to show the robot’s capabilities.
• If you have any questions about this new Robot Display option, please email
frcteams@usfirst.org.
