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Originally Posted by SamC
Obviously it's been known that teams had to "bag & zip-tie" their robots and bring them to their competition site. But how was this enforced? Was their some way of knowing/checking that a robot in fact stayed untouched between competitions? I assume FIRST instated some method of checking this beyond gracious professionalism, scouts honor, etc. such as unique/not-easily-reproducible ties or stickers that would make it known if the seal had been broken. But I wasn't too clear how that worked.
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All the rules regarding the "bag & zip-tie" system are in the
FiM supplement. To me, the only major advantage here is the 8 hour robot access period during the week of the event.
IMHO 8 hours in your own shop (broken up how you see fit) is much more useful than 12 hours in the pits during practice day. For any other teams it is
a rules violation to work on your whole competition robot in your own shop. I am also not sure how <R36> (40Lbs limit for custom fab parts like withholding allowance) applies? (anyone from FiM want to enlighten me) I mean the rule specifically mentions parts brought to an event, so if you add them before an event do they count towards the limit?
As for the more matches for less money, I think a lot of credit has to go to all the FiM volunteers for their extra work to keep the costs down. Hopefully, observations from this program can help create a program that will keep the costs down and matches up in some of the less dense FRC areas.