[coldabert]

I did talk to the team.

They weren't a rookie team but they only had one mentor there and most of the students didn't seem to be veterans. I explained the danger to them and I worked with them to try and fix it. However, I dont feel that it is my place to complain to an inspector and have a team's robot removed from semifinals that they tried so hard to get into. Last night I realized that I could have rigged up a breaker mount that would have stopped their robot from blowing fuses, but it still would not have been legal. And I went to spare parts twice to ask teams for spare 40 A style blocks but to my knowledge no one came forward (there were only 25 teams at the Pitts regional).

I gave them my contact information if they wanted some more help with their electrical setup and programming.

The whole point of me creating this thread was to warn teams of illegal robots that they may be considering for alliance partners. I have been with FIRST for 3 years and I have never had this problem before but it seems that there are gaps in the system. So everyone needs to take things into their own hands.