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Although I think team based inspections are going to be a great improvement, I am filled with trepidation at the first experiment with this concept.
We will live through it, of course. Once the kinks are worked out, it will be much better than the previous system.
The good side, you will have inspectors who know the rules and know what to look for. You also have a team history. Teams which pushed the rules past the limit in earlier year competitions might get more scrutiny this year.
The bad side, how strictly different inspectors might interpret the rules and how zealously they might nit-pick. Do the inspectors take a "let's get this robot ready for competition, whatever it takes" approach?
There are some big areas open to interpretation (such as the light visibility and placement).
Also, what about the legality of parts buried deep inside the robot? I certainly don't want to do a complete disassembly of my drive system to prove all the parts are legal. I hope there's still a measure of trust and counting on a team's gracious professionalism to stay within the rules.
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