[DougHogg]

Originally posted by Gadget470
You must weigh all mechanisms at the same time to make weight. You would need reinspected if you were to 'easily swap' for a match. Then it's the inspector's decision to allow the swap. They ask "What did you change" when you reinspect, and if you say "Oh, we took off X mechanism and put on Y" He'll ask for X, set it on your bot, set it all on the scale.

Actually I searched the official forum at http://jive.ilearning.com/index.jsp for "weight" and found this post:

EricReed
Posts: 5
Registered: Jan, 2003

Weight of swapable subsystems Posted: Jan 10, 2003 1:29 AM _
Please clarify rules M5 and M6. May we inspect with more than 130 pounds of robot systems, so long as we can demonstrate that less than 130 pounds are actually on the robot in any given match? e.g. our base robot weighs 100 pounds and we have an arm in one match that weighs 29 pounds, and another arm in another match that weighs 29 pounds.
Thanks,
Eric
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first
Posts: 1,496
Registered: Dec, 2002

Re: Weight of swapable subsystems Posted: Jan 10, 2003 8:02 AM _
The total weight of the robot in the starting box at each match shall not exceed 130 pounds. You may build your robot so that it consists of a base unit with multiple subset operating mechanisms. The total weight of your base unit and all your subset mechanisms may exceed 130 pounds. You must present all subset mechanisms at weigh-in. At inspection, each base/subset combination will be weighed to confirm to the FIRST Technician that no combination will exceed 130 pounds. All subsets must be presented at inspection and must pass inspection. Remember, that the total cost of the base and all subset mechanisms cannot exceed the requirements of Robot Rule K3
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[Edited by: first on Jan 10, 2003 1:37 PM]