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Originally posted by Replic
Yea, I did notice the inspectors were pretty oblivious to what was going on in the pits. I've seen teams add plenty of weight to their robot after weigh in. (They bolted a few gears on that did nothing but stayed under parts to add weight)
I also noticed they took very little interest in the robot.
Since I'm a freshman member of FIRST, I have to ask, is it usually like this and does it improve in the nationals?
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To take a look at this, I'll use my experience from Great Lakes as in example:
There were 3 volunteers assigned as inspectors, who were trained by a FIRST staff member on Thursday morning as to what to look for. All of these volunteers had some other task to perform after inspections were completed, as otherwise they would have been done by 9am Friday. Most teams were not ready for inspection until well after lunch, which left the afternoon for the inspectors to look at all 62 teams. Once these teams passed inspection, the inspectors' job was done unless they were requested to do otherwise. Nowhere in the rules does it state that the inspectors are required to police the pits looking for changes being made. FIRST relies on the gracious professionalism of the teams to ensure that illegal changes are not being made. If you are unsure of another team's actions, you reserve the right to request that FIRST re-examines that team's robot.