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Re: Were to store practice bot at regional?
Q416.
Q. Can we bring an old robot to the competition for the purposes of using it to supplement our Chairman's Award presentation and not have the weight count against our team's 45 lb withholding allowance?
FRC0340 on 2014-02-25 | 1 Followers
A. These items would count towards the 45 lb limit in R18.
A few years ago, in Atlanta, the Killer Bees (FIRST TEAM 33) plastered much of the Georgia Dome with little black and yellow bee antennae. These were clearly fabricated. Were they supposed to have weighed those and count them as part of their 30 lbs. of fabricated materials? How about signs? Mascot costumes?
The reply from the Q&A regarding bringing in a demo/old bot just to present to Chairman's is therefore illogical to me too. (And, as Chris and Andrew have stated, not really in the "spirit of FIRST".) Did they really think they couldn't trust the team to not cannibalize the demo bot for their competition bot? If that was their concern, why not just tell the team not to do so, i.e. that the demo bot can only be used for demonstration purposes, and nothing (not one bolt, not one zip tie)from that demo bot can end up on the playing field.
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