I think Matt's idea of addressing how to fix this in the future is a good one.
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Originally Posted by Matt Krass
First, I'd like to see some simplification of the bumper rules, also I'd like to see them more consistently located, perhaps with reference images as suggested earlier in this thread.
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You can find on here (CD) that I am all for removing bumpers completely:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...0&postcount=30
That said, I don't think it will come to fruition. For a large number of teams, the bumper rules could be quite simple (robots that maximize their footprint). However, the issue is each year a small number of teams have a unique design and the rules need to cover these robots as well (think 148's robot in Overdrive). So, this introduces complexity (and also eliminates some of the potential designs) into the rules. Can it be improved? Probably, though in my initial read-through with an eye for it, it is not obvious. In fact, I would probably end up with it being longer and more complex.
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Originally Posted by Matt Krass
Second, there should be an official channel for handling these kind of things. Implicitly most people seem content to ask the lead inspector to maybe look over something, but to the best of my knowledge there is no official channel for (discreetly) requesting a team be looked at? I may be wrong on this one, someone please tell me if I am.
This situation is just plain lousy, so let's round up some thoughts on how we can avoid it next time around?
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First, I would really hope a different team would mention it to the team in question. After that, I would hope the team in question would ask about it (whether in inspections or to an inspector later).
If a team a different team is still concerned, I personally do not know of a method in particular for a team to ask for an inspector to take a look at another team. I would guess if you could talk to the Lead Robot Inspector and inform him/her of your concern, it would be looked at.
I do know that when I am reffing, if I see something of concern and the LRI is around I will ask him/her to take a look at it (often these are for things that are borderline, such as starting outside the frame perimeter). If the LRI is not around, I might ask someone to pass it along to the LRI.