As far as the weight goes, you can be at 120.00 lbs at inspection. Go
over 120 lbs and that's a bad thing. The balls do not count towards robot weight; it is the robot, less the official bumpers and battery that get weighed upon inspection. If your robot suspiciously seemed to grow a bit, they might call you back for re-inspection, but the balls are not an issue.
As far as the arm goes, you are correct. You cannot have an arm that extends beyond your bumper zone, as per Update 1 today:
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2) The Game Design Committee would like to elaborate on the restriction about robot size during match play. Specifically, it’s important to read and understand the statement in Rule <R08>, referring to the bumpers:
“…If implemented as intended, a ROBOT that is driven into a vertical wall in any normal PLAYING CONFIGURATION will always have the BUMPER be the first thing to contact the wall.”
This rule restricts any arms, mechanisms, hoods, etc from extending beyond the BUMPER PERIMETER. Among other things, some associated intentions of this rule are to prevent teams from having manipulators which extend outside the BUMPER PERIMETER, and to prevent teams from being able to de-score game pieces or block/disrupt trailers. While the current belief is that rule changes or additions are not
needed to prevent such robot behavior, if teams are pursue this type of strategy by employing a loophole, or by other means, an amendment to the rules will be made.
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