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Re: Week 3 Impressions of Rack n' Roll

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Originally Posted by ChrisH View Post
There is no deadline time teams need to pass inspection by. However, robots will not be allowed to take the competition field until they have passed inspection. So every year there are teams that miss qualification matches because they have not passed inpection in time for their match. It is not all that uncommon to have teams that only take the field for their last match or two on Saturday. Usually there is only one of these per regional, but if you are their partner, you just have to do without them.

The inspectors will keep working with a team until they either pass or Qualification ends, but I can't recall a team that didn't get at least one match. For such teams taking the field IS victory.

Some regionals may have a requirement that teams must BEGIN inspection by a certain time to be eligible to compete. This is a local regulation and, in my opinion, of marginal legality at best. I have never heard of an absolute deadline for teams to PASS inspection, other than the end of qualifying.
I agree that it's just a situation where the team who is missing a partner must simply make the best of it without them, but our team felt this rather acutely when we didn't have a third partner in 3 of our 7 matches at Chesapeake. This made us a bit more aware of it than some teams, and more willing to help correct that in future years.
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