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Re: Not bagging entire robot? (Rule Change)

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Originally Posted by fox46 View Post
With the proliferation of VEX and AndyMark robot components, I wish they would change this rule. For most teams the only non-COTS parts are their frame and structures of their robot. A well rehearsed team could quite feasibly bring their entire robot to a competition unbagged and assemble it at the venue quite easily.
And the problem is?

They'd lose quite a bit of time Thursday building their robot, missing out on practice time with other teams at the event, push back their inspection, really put themselves in the weeds.
If they want to make that trade, I say let 'em.
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