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My team is at the St. Louis regional. We have already completed inspection and have been running practice matches today. A short time ago an inspector/referee (not sure which) told our team that our robot might be out of compliance with the 2 to 10 inch bumper zone. What happens is our drive train will raise up when we accelerate. This is an side effect of having a freely articulating drive train to converse the bump.

The question is how is this 2 to 10 inch window measured. Is it during inspection? Is it during play? Is the robot supposed to be moving?

I could see this call going either way. The total max height the bumpers get to is 13 inches, before the articulating drive hits a mechanical stop. One part of me sees the issue being a referee issue, but then again how r they going to judge it. You can't take a ruler out during a match and check. The other part of me says it should be an inspector issue since its a rule in the "robot" rules. We have been basically given the clear by the inspectors, but now they are discussing it with the field crew.

We did compete at Knoxville regional with no issue. No questions at all. Actually we got some, that's really cool. I know this doesn't mean anything, but just thought I would add that.

I know I won't get an official answer from you all, but would just like to see what the general consensus would be.

I personally, am not there yet. So all this information is coming second hand from phone calls. Any comments would be appreciated.