[Tristan Lall]

They've made an excellent change to the wedge rule, from the way it appeared last year. And I'm not talking about the home zone exemption. It used to restrict parts "that might push against another robot"; now it covers parts "that are used to push against or interact with an opposing ROBOT".

Under the old rule, pretty much every robot was theoretically illegal, in some insignificant way. Now, you've got to actually wedge something to cause a violation.