2 Quick things:
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Originally Posted by 2000vfr800
And to my students...I apologize for all the ill feelings that other teams will have against them now due to my error.
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I think that this apology should rectify any ill feelings towards your team. However, I think that it may also increase everyones scrutiny of teams which choose to build a second bot for practice. The fact that the term "Back-Up Bot" has ever been used on this board is grounds for not being surprised at your error.
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Originally Posted by Raul
I am confused. Part of your apology implies that parts from a practice robot are not allowed to be used on your real robot as spares. I thought it was OK to use individual parts (not assemblies) from your practice robot if it was built during the 6 week build period. For example, if you take a drill motor (or even an angle bracket made during the 6 weeks) from your practice robot to replace a bad one on your real robot, what is wrong with that?
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If you had an assembly which you wanted spare parts for, they needed to be in the form of spare parts.
If a gear strips out, disassmble the gearbox and replace the gear. You can't swap out gearboxes, disassemble the broken one, go compete, replace the gear, swap back to original gearbox. A motor is considered to the rules as a part, not an assembly. Swapping a motor seems to be allowed.
The problem is that teams with a spare robot have the opportunity (whether the illegally use it or not) to swap out any full assembly in order to stay competitive.
The above apology by 2000vfr800 is in response to
this thread. Take a look at that for some more information.