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Originally Posted by David Brinza
Most of Update #20 deals with inspections at the Championship. The message to the teams is: be prepared!
There are a lot of robots to be inspected, so to make sure your team gets through the process efficiently, please review the 2007 Robot Inspection Checklist and make sure you robot is in compliance. If it is not, plan to correct the problems as soon as possible. If you've got a lot of work to do on your robot, please get partial inspections started as early as possible - the inspection lines can get really long on Thursday pm. |
Also remember, many regionals do not have experienced Inspection Teams. At San Diego we had a double inspection team, veteran inspectors from LA working with mostly newbies from the San Diego area. At the Championships you will have experienced inspectors with wide areas of expertise.
Every year I have insected at the Championship (2003-2006) I have found at least one robot with some sort of rule violation. The excuse I alsways get is "But we passed at XXX Regional!" Sorry, just because you didn't get caught doesn't mean it is right. BTW most of the rule violations I've seen are minor things and easily fixed. I've even helped teams find replacements for illegal parts.
So be prepared, Championship Inspectors really do start from the ground up. It takes 20-30 minutes to do an inspection right. If you have to leave in the middle for a match, we understand, most of us are on teams too.