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Originally Posted by MrBasse
Reading section 5.2 in the admin manual clearly calls out "the robot" and even says the two bag concept is specifically for disassembling the robot for ease
of transport. So the 120 lb limit is a part of what I'm getting at. The competition robot has a weight limit, and at stop build you bag the robot. Nothing in there says bag anything and everything you've built to that point.
Did they build the whole thing there from COTS components? The way I read it was they brought an assembled group of components.
I'm just looking for clarity on this, this has potential to be either a learning opportunity for a select few or a missed opportunity for a whole lot of teams.
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There is no weight limit assumed for the bag based on the max robot weight. There are a countless number of teams every year who show up with an overweight robot. Implying a weight limit of 120lbs minus the bumper would disqualify every team who made an overweight robot. Really if the situation wants to be presented, it needs to be defined in the rules. Same goes for if you bagged enough spares for a second robot and gave the spares to another team. So far this seems legal according to the rules but should it be? It's up to FIRST to decide and so far they haven't specified any rule against it.