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Originally Posted by Anupam Goli
Might as well ask this in the thread:
Would a creative way of displaying Team Number count towards your weight allowance? Per the manual,
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R4 The ROBOT weight may not exceed 120 lbs. When determining weight, the basic ROBOT structure and all elements of all additional MECHANISMS that might be used in different configurations of the ROBOT shall be weighed together.
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Team numbers aren't really a mechanism, so I'm thinking we don't need to weigh those with the robot. However, the manual explicitly states that bumpers count towards weight this year, leading me to believe that any creative solution to numbering our robot may end up counting against our weight budget...
I'll be sure to ask in the Q&A, but I'd like to hear some opinions and thoughts on this. |
I think they used the wrong word in R4. Instead of "MECHANISMS", it probably should be "COMPONENTS" - or perhaps "MECHANISMS and COMPONENTS".
From the Glossary:
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MECHANISM – a COTS or custom assembly of COMPONENTS that provide specific functionality on the ROBOT. A MECHANISM can be disassembled (and then reassembled) into individual COMPONENTS without damage to the parts.
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COMPONENT – any part in its most basic configuration, which cannot be disassembled without damaging or destroying the part or altering its fundamental function.
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Surely they don't mean to say that any removable COMPONENTS don't count in ROBOT weight. If so, you could remove a whole lot of COMPONENTS to meet weight, and then add them back on at will.
But this wouldn't apply to the team numbers - that placard is a part of your basic ROBOT structure. A ROBOT isn't a legal ROBOT unless the numbers are correctly displayed.