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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
If an inspector passes a robot that's actually illegal, is the team still liable for being illegal?
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I'd say this has to be assessed on a case-by-case basis. To grant an automatic pass encourages subterfuge. To disregard the fact that an inspector passed it is unfair, particularly for the reasons you articulated.
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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
Also, for all my years in FRC, and my brief stint as inspector and LRI, I don't think I've ever seen any sort of re-inspection form or document. Or any real system for recording this. I've always gone with brief re-inspections and verbal okays from our inspectors before, and everyone's word has always been good enough. If we're going to have to get all bureaucratic about it, I think a lot of inspectors are going to get very annoyed in the coming weeks.
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When serving as an LRI, particularly as I gained more experience (and even before the introduction of the reinspection line on the checklist), I encouraged inspectors to document changes on the original form and initial the changes, but I can't say that I made it a priority to verify whether that was being done. For systematic reinspections for the elimination rounds, I did insist that a record be kept even if there were no changes, but recognize that not every reported change was adequately annotated.
When serving as a regular inspector, I definitely attempt to make those change annotations myself. I haven't made annotations when teams approached me with a reference question that didn't involve at least a partial inspection of a robot part.