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Originally Posted by rsegrest
My inclination is that this is a violation of the 'spirit' of the rules.
It seems (if I remember correctly) that the GDC posted a clarification that while a robot system may be withheld they did not intend for the majority of a robot to be withheld. I will look for the reference and post shortly.
Also, are we talking about un-bagging and working on a robot? I thought that this was not allowed unless you were attending a 2-day event...
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You're probably thinking of this statement from Team Update 2014-02-11:
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The original intent of the 45 lb FABRICATED ITEMS allowance granted to Teams via R18 was to allow Teams the opportunity to keep a part of their ROBOT out of the bag for further development. However, because of the definition of ROBOT and the term’s use in R15, Teams were not allowed to keep a required ROBOT system (e.g. mobility, control, etc.) out of the bag. R15 and R18 have been updated to better capture the original intent.
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The key to remember with robot access periods is that they are there to replace the practice day work teams can do at a regional. As such, they should be treated exactly like you were at a regional - you can only use a total of 45lb of parts on the robot that were not in the bag when you sealed it either on stop-build day OR at your last district event (obviously not applicable yet, as the first official events just started today), no matter how many times you open the bag. You CAN'T open it once, swap in 45 lbs you've been working on, seal it, then open it again to swap in another 45 lbs.