[Andy Baker]

What FIRST means here is this (in my opinion, of course):

For example:

You can have a drive base that weighs 100 lbs.

Then, you can have these appendages:
1. a lift mechanism that weighs 29 lbs.
2. an arm that weighs 19 lbs.
3. a thrower than weighs 10 lbs.
4. a fence device that weighs 29 lbs.

So, when you go to weigh in and get inspected, you would configure your robot in EACH of the different ways that you plan on setting it up for competition play. You not only have to weigh at or under 130 lbs. for each configuration, but you also have to fit within the box for each configuration. All of your components don't have to total under 130 lbs... just each configuration.

We have done this before (2001)... and like BBFIRSTCHICK says, other teams have done this. Probably the best example of a team doing this was Wildstang in 2001, when they had a ramp, a hitch, and a 2 goal pusher. If they put all of these components on their robot at once, it probably would've weighed 180 lbs... but they played at or below 130 lbs. for each match.

Andy B.