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Re: PROTRUSIONS QUESTION

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Originally Posted by magnets View Post
I predict there will be many teams who show up with a kitbot with the bolt heads sticking out this year. FIRST may want to consider a blog post/Update that covers this issue, as I know I'd be really sad if I were a rookie team having to cut up my robot when I got to the competition.
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Originally Posted by DonRotolo View Post
Perhaps having to do that will teach them to read the rules next time, eh? Hard lesson, but effective.

As Jon stated (as per Q&A) there are not exceptions for bolt heads and the like.
The first year of the frame perimeter rule, a team showed up with a 38x28 robot. They couldn't compete, because they couldn't reconfigure it within the timeframe of the competition.

To the team's credit, when it was determined hopeless, they helped other teams with lesser problems.
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