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Re: YMTC: The Twelve Batteries of Christmas
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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
There's one important detail left out of the story. Are the 12 batteries of christmas PN ES17-12 or are they different?
If they are ES17-12, then per this Q/A, they are legal: http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=1682
I'm curious as to what the penalty is for breaking a Robot rule after the robot has passed inspection. I would think that a DQ would be the correct call if found immediately after the match, but they may have already advanced several rounds into the playoffs by the time it is discovered. |
I agree with Joe -- if all the batteries are identical to the two ES17-12 KoP batteries (and only one goes in the robot) then there is no rules violation.
To Joe's second question, suspected non-compliance with a robot rule should result in reinspection under <R113> or <R116>, and the non-compliance identified during reinspection would have to be corrected, otherwise that robot is no longer a ROBOT (per 7.2.1 "anything that has passed ROBOT inspection that a TEAM places on the field prior to the start of a match") and is subject to disqualification from the event under <R112>. When the non-compliance has been corrected the robot is a ROBOT again and can compete.
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