[Ken Streeter]

Thanks, Al, for sharing your perspective on this. As a long-time FIRST inspector, your view is particularly helpful in the discussion.

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Electrical: Under R50 a robot and it's electrical components must be wired as shown in the Electrical Distribution Diagram. In this case, there are two such distributions. Not provided for in the rules are two main breakers, two Anderson connectors, two Rockwell blocks for main power distro, or two places in which to connect the main battery. Under R43 only one main battery will feed the robot.

In the case of Fezzik and Speed Racer, one electrical board was moved back and forth between the two drive base configurations. There is only one main breaker, one Anderson connector, and one Rockwell block. (There is more about this in the Multi-configuration Robot Description that we submitted to the official Q&A.)

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Mechanical: Under the first item in the Robot Inspection Checklist (which references a variety of rules) the robot and attachment(s) must fit inside the sizing box unconstrained. It was not mentioned if the robot passed this test.

Each of Fezzik and Speed Racer fit inside the sizing box unconstrained. If necessary for sizing, we could have placed Speed Racer on Fezzik, but that would NOT have been one of our starting configurations.