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Originally Posted by jimfortytwo
And then what is the legality of fixing robot code at competition late into the night?
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The code has diffrent rules. FIRST let you keep the OI past ship date explicitly to continue to work on the code.
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Originally Posted by Steve W
I believe the intent to be pit hours but the rules do not state that.
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FIRST told us durring kickoff to use common sense and gracious professionalism to understand the intent behind the rules. They even put that IN the rules.
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Originally Posted by Rule 5.2
There are specific rules and limitations governing the design and construction of your robot. When reading the rules, use technical common sense (engineering thinking) rather than lawyer interpretation, and try to understand the reasoning behind a rule.
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I think it is clear that FIRST did not intend teams to take parts of the robot off site and work on it all night at their hotel. It doesn't matter the rules as written may be fuzzy, the intent has been consistently made clear.
Wetzel