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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
"Teams may manufacture SPARE, REPLACEMENT and UPGRADE PARTS for their robot at their home facility (not at the competition site). At the conclusion of a regional competition event, teams may take a limited amount of broken or malfunctioning COMPONENTS or MECHANISMS back to their home facility to make SPARE or REPLACEMENT PARTS. Teams may manufacture and/or repair all the parts they want, but the amount of parts they can bring to the competition event is limited (as specified in Rule <R24>)."
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Yes, but what is a replacement part?
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Originally Posted by 5.2
REPLACEMENT PARTS - A COMPONENT or MECHANISM constructed as a functional duplicate of an existing part of the robot, for the purpose of replacing a broken or defective part. REPLACEMENT PARTS may be either COTS or FABRICATED ITEMS. They must be functionally identical to the original part but may be modified to provide more robust performance of the function.
Example 1: A lever arm made of lexan on your robot breaks. You manufacture a REPLACEMENT PART made of aluminum plate, using the design drawings of the original. As the new part provides the same function as the broken part, the new part is a valid REPLACEMENT PART.
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This is where I'd have to look at the arm myself. If it's the same arm, but a different material (which could very well change the weight), then it fits the definition of a replacement part. If they noticeably changed it and there's some new doo-dad on the end, then it's not a replacement part, and it's time for a do-over.