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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Steve,
There were robots that weighed in with unassembled attachments. Those teams in most cases were not sure whether they were going to use the attachments or not. We told those teams that officially, if they made changes in the completed assemblies they were required to weigh in a second or third time to insure all competition parts were weighed in total. To my knowledge the teams complied with that request. There is a point that GP must enter into the game and I fully expect participants to reweigh when changes are made. Teams expect that their alliance partners and opponents are legal to compete.
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At the UTC regional the inspectors performed "spot checks" on random robots on their way out of a match. The weight/size stations were setup relatively close to the field access ramp, so throughout the day Friday and Saturday, robots were periodically "pulled over" for an on the spot weight check. This essentially prevented mechanisms from being added or modified without re-weighing, as on the way out from a match, it's difficult to remove anything added from before the match.