[meaubry]

I believe he means that the ramps will be detachable before the robot is placed on the playing field. As long as the robot includes all of the possible configurations during inspection and meets all weight & size requirements - it is okay to do that.

Agreed that the rules say you can't detach parts on the playing field - in this case a nice modular design ramp might be a good idea - IF, you can agree to whom will be the ramp while developing a match strategy - then detach the ramp from the robot if you aren't the ramp so you will weigh less and remove other potential problems.

The thing that needs to be considered is contingency situations, where the designated ramp bot is unable to "be the ramp" and someone else might be able to do that if they did not detach their ramp and leave it in their pit area.