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Re: Materials not specifically allowed are now illegal?!?!

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Originally Posted by martin417 View Post
Yes multiple people have pointed out R21. That is exactly my point. If R21 is the basis for the ruling, then anything not listed in R21 (like staples) are illegal, and any method of attaching the bumpers to the robot other than a tee-nut and bolt are also illegal. I do not believe that this is the intent of the GDC, but it is the result of their answer if you take R21 as the basis.
I feel like a bunch of you are ganging up on Martin here - but he is absolutely right. I too have worked in a specifications-driven industry and, regardless of the "perceived significance" of an official interpretation, these kinds of discrepancies can have far reaching implications on other rules.

If the illegality of tape is due to a possibility that teams may build up enough tape to add structural strength under the bumpers that is one thing...if it is to prevent a team from adhering the noodles to the wood before wrapping (though I can't understand why that would be disallowed) it is another. With no basis given for the rule, an entirely new set of questions are now valid and in play...most notably: "Are staples legal?". There are no staples shown or referenced in R21 or Figure 4-8.
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