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I just returned from inspecting robots at the St. Louis regional. We had an inspection crew of six, including one veteran chief inspector and five rookies. Of the rookies, I was the only one with experience on a team. I am a mentor/engineer on 931, a second year team, and I was also a mentor on a team that competed in '96 and '97 but disbanded after that.
Most of the problems I saw were like those mentioned in the first post of this thread -- sharps, loose wires, exposed conductors, etc. I saw no problems with the rule on revolving lights. I inspected about a dozen robots altogether, and found only three that passed on the first try. Most others had only a few minor problems that were corrected quickly.
I was able to refer some rookie teams to veterans that I had also inspected, for help with correcting problems. Kudos to the GP displayed by Team 45, who were extremely well prepared for their own inspection and also took the time to help rookie teams fix problems. (And they have an awesome robot -- even more impressive up close than in the pix posted on CD.)
As of lights-out at 8pm there are only three teams, out of fifty-five at the St Louis regional, that will need to complete their inspections on Friday morning. And so far there have been no inspection results challenged, nor any requests by another team to have a robot re-inspected.
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Richard Wallace
Mentor since 2011 for FRC 3620 Average Joes (St. Joseph, Michigan)
Mentor 2002-10 for FRC 931 Perpetual Chaos (St. Louis, Missouri)
 since 2003
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
(Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein, p. 97)
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