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Unwritten Rules

Posted by Raul, Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Rolling Meadows & Wheeling HS and Motorola.

Posted on 4/16/99 2:26 PM MST


In Reply to: MAJOR TWEAKING posted by Bill Beatty on 4/15/99 10:07 PM MST:



I vaguely remember calling up FIRST 2 years ago when we wanted to add a goal topper to out robot after the Motorola regional. We felt it gave us a great chance to beat Beatty, who was dominating that inner-tube game.

FIRST (I don’t remember who I spoke with) said that it was OK to make any changes we could during the 3-day period after the regional before we had to ship the robot. They did say you could not just switch robots (in case someone had actually constructed a second robot). They also said that you could bring parts to the nationals that were slightly improved as long as the original parts 'intended functionality' was not significantly changed. I asked several specific questions about this 'intended functionality' statement because I had a hard time interpreting it. I don’t recall all the specific questions and answers but the gist of the ruling has stuck in my mind: You are allowed to make changes after your robot has shipped as long as they enhance the original functionality and do not give you new functionality.

To summarize my understanding of FIRST’s unwritten rules on this and the ones I have been living by for the last 3 years:

1) You can make any change or add any functionality while the robot is in your possession.

2) You can only make replacement parts that enhance existing functionality when the robot is not in your possession.

It would be great if someone from FIRST would affirm, clarify or correct these two statements.

Otherwise, your conscience and gracious professionalism govern the unwritten rules.

Raul


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