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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
And if FIRST wanted to physically verify a couple teams, that would have a strong deterrent effect: either the teams would have to plan their cheating around a possible visit, or when the school administration learns of the visit, they'll have to explain why they're hurriedly stuffing the robot into a bag. This has a fair bit of overhead for FIRST volunteers, but on the scale of a couple non-randomly-selected teams per regional, it's quite doable.
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Some teams work in secured facilities where getting the designated FIRST representative access could be a time consuming process, giving the team plenty of notice of the visit. If you believe additional verification is necessary, pictures would be a much easier solution.