The teams may be totally in the right
We have a bunch of extra parts we couldn't ship because of weight of the crate (~750lbs), many are already smashed and dinged from practicing with them during the 6 weeks (we were driving at week 2). All were replaced before shipping so the robot would be in full operating condition out of the box, however we will be bringing in these spare parts, I feel they are legal and have no problem doing so. If we made them yesterday it would be cheating. As to the specific teams you are talking about I only know of a few that bring full support vehicles to the competition usually with a second robot and I trust every one of them. So if it was built at the same time (we found it very useful to build at least 2 of everything while the setups were on the machines, setting up to mill usually takes more time than ripping out parts especially on CNC) all of the spare parts are legal. I guess I wouldn't get too upset without knowing for sure that the parts or whole spare robot are truely violating the rules.
|