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In 2001, in VCU, a guy told me he had used velcro in his wheels to solve the steering problem.
There was a rule in the manual saying that you COULD NOT USE VELCRO ON THE WHEELS.
What I did was to tell him: "Hey, I think velcro on the wheels is illegal cause it damages the carpet".
He told me he asked the judges and they said it was OK.

Sometimes they modify the rules a bit. I can think of possible reasons for that changing:

Maybe:

1) their robot was very light and so there would be no problem.

2) they were using a kind of velcro different of the one the judges took to write that rule.

3) the judges realized velcro doesn't damage the carpet.


If I were you I would ask that team how they managed to use the material. You don't need to acuse, just ask.


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