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Originally Posted by Chris Hibner
Make that 398.
I agree with Drew - teams had to qualify for Championships so they've been through the wringer already. It's not like a team is going to rewire their robot or sharp edges are going to appear all of the sudden.
Perhaps just make it a weigh in and a reduced inspection, or some honor system form that teams can declare if they made any changes that need to be inspected. We already rely on the honor system for bag-and-tag, so it's not that far of a stretch to do the same for championship inspection.
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beyond the fact that he was suggesting less teams and not less inspections...
As an inspector for a number of years, I can attest to the fact that there is a vast difference in the way teams get inspected from Regional to Regional and District to District. We see changes that need to be made at EVERY event I have ever worked at. At District CMP we still saw a number of robots that were out of compliance.... they had all been through two inspections already and presumably should have been fine.
There is a vast variety in the experience level of volunteer inspectors across the regionals and districts.
I can't see not inspecting at CMP. It could result in teams get DQ'd later in qualifications or eliminations when an inspector finally found a problem.
I recall that during the big Einstein issues we had a few years back a robot was found in the post Einstein dissection that had the radio power supply wired to the wrong power output on the PD board. This was even after CMP inspections.
I know that many teams (like 51 and other experienced teams) probably don't need this rigorous inspection because they have been inspected closely and correctly but there are always some teams that have totally illegal bumpers or other obvious faults.