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Re: 2006 Official Game Hint Discussion

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Originally Posted by Dzdconfusd
Why are people holding on to this water red herring so much?

I would love to know why people think FIRST would even consider accepting that liability. We all know how difficult it is for many teams to even pass a basic safety inspection when it is clearly spelled out in the rules and they don't need to be water proof. This isn't even talking about the cost of waterproof motors and wiring pass throughs necessary in a kit to attempt making it safe.

Pardon the rant but the water thing is so nonsensical I just don't get it.
Don't you remember team 842, who beat MIT in the underwater ROV competition with a PVC robot? They didn't have huge resources, and they made it. Cheapish underwater FIRST bots aren't a complete impossibility.
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