[EricH]

Originally Posted by tkell274

I think the LRI will have to determine whether or not too much stress is being put onto a system for it to be safe, which can be difficult and most likely will not be done because trying to guess how the robot will be affected by stress over time is hard to judge and LRI's will be hesitant to keep robots out of action on a hunch.

That being said I don't think that teams have to be fully disqualified if their shooting mechanism is deemed unsafe. I just think it would mean that they would either have to provide some form of safe guard, lower the power in the system if possible, or disable that part of the robot and just be a straight passing a defensive bot which is a very viable option for this year.

Unfortunately, I have to agree with the first part, and disagree as well. My thought is that some inspector will raise the concern first, and the team won't agree (trust me, I've seen that a few times on CD), thus forcing the LRI to get involved. Depending on the LRI's best judgement is about the only thing available. We're just going to have to hope and pray that their experience pays off here.

The second part I fully agree with--no team will be removed from competition unless their robot cannot be made both legal and safe. Refusal to make the robot legal, I've heard of in the past. Refusal to make it safe, or to disable a mechanism for a match so they can play and then work on a fix, I don't think I've ever heard of.