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Originally Posted by Marc P.
A drill motor by itself is just that- a drill motor. By itself it has no function other than to spin itself until it's brushings wear out. However, couple the drill motor with another device to perform a function, and the potential use of the drill motor changes from merely spinning, to driving a mechanism. By extension and definition, the drill motor becomes whatever device it's coupled with. When the drill motor is seated in Jumpy, it's only function is to reach up and grab the bar. When the motor is mounted in Grabby, it's only function is to collect balls. Deductive reasoning tells me the drill motor is not defined as a drill motor by itself, but as the devices it drives. By that logic, there is no way it can be considered a spare part, because the functions it performs in each mechanism as totally different. The only legal way around the problem would be to lose enough weight to compensate for the presence of another drill motor, such that both mechanisms are operable at the time of weigh in.
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I agree wholeheartedly with this statement.
A spare part is "an exact replacement for parts on the robot." - It cannot be a spare if the part was never in the component in the first place. [<R09> bullet four.]
Jumpy was weighed without a drill motor because the team believed that the drill motor mounted in Grabby was a spare replacement for Jumpy. By definition, replacing is the act of switching stuff out. The drill motor cannot be swapped into Jumpy because it is not being swapped- there is an empty spot in Jumpy and nothing can be put there.
Grabby's drill motor cannot be a 'replacement' into Jumpy's transmission because there was never a motor there to begin with.
_Alex