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Re: Modifying robot at competition?
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Originally Posted by Donut
In the 2 cases we were involved in the robots in question could pass inspection with or without the blocker mechanism attached. Here's something I'm less sure of; if the robots in question had to remove something in order to have enough weight for the blocker (say a broken shooter), are they violating R05 since weight is determined for all mechanisms on the robot in all possible configurations? Are they okay if they never use that part again (a "permanent" change)? What determines when mechanisms are considered reconfigurable and thus R05 matters?
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Interesting line of questioning. I know in KC we went by the inspector station when making our pick list to check on robot weights. Anybody who didn't have enough weight left to add a blocker without removing something was scrutinized. I do know of at least 1 robot that was listed at 120 lbs that added a pool noodle blocker for elims. I'm not sure if the 120 was incorrectly listed in the inspector station, or if they removed something to add the blocker.
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