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Originally Posted by nitneylion452
When we went for inspection, we were a hair too long, probably no more than .25". We measured our robot afterwards and our measurements indicated that the robot was 38" long. We measured the size of the box (with the inspectors' permission, of course) and found that is was 37.875".
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Our rookie year, someone on our team figured out to make the robot an inch smaller on each side than the max allowed. This was a very smart move, because the robot "grew" almost an inch on each side as it was built. We've always made the robot chassis 26" x 36" since then. In 2008 we discovered that the sizing box is not necessarily level, square, or plumb, and since then we've made the top of the robot at least an inch smaller than the chassis on each side.
Experience...you can't buy it, you might be able to get some for free by reading CD a lot, but usually you have to earn it, and it's not always fun.