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Like Andy said, it's mainly about finding safety issues. Additionally, though, on several of the machines I inspected this year I discovered a few problems that, while they were not necessarily safety or rules issues, were potential points of failure for the robot. By pointing those out to the teams, my hope is that they were able to be more reliable, and therefore more competitive, and therefore have more fun.
I think you'd see a lot more breakdowns during matches and a lot more disappointed teams if teams weren't required to pass an inspection before competing.
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