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Originally Posted by Andy Brockway
This is one of the downfalls of the 2004 rule. The spot inspections cannot account for the other mechanisms and their weight. The spot inspection would not find that redabot is illegal as the team would most likely not be carrying both arms with them.
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Well, Redabot would have had to weigh in with all possible configurations together to pass the inspection initially. The spot checks were intended to stop anyone from "pulling a fast one" and using modified/uninspected configurations post-inspection. Without the spot checks, nothing (legally, not ethically) would stop them from adding whatever to the bot to put it over 130lbs, even after passing the only required inspection.