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Originally Posted by Chris is me
Multiple aspects of 190's hurdling approach were deemed either illegal or against the intent of a hurdle only a week or so into build season. 1519 is sketchier territory.
I don't think a lot of teams are scared of their robot designs being ruled illegal.
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IMO, 190's hurdler, while certainly playing the edge of the rules, I think should have been allowed. As for 1519, I don't see how it was sketchy at all. They had a movable control board, which was the ROBOT, since it had the ROBOT CONTROLLER on it. Fezzik and Speed Racer were simply two MECHANISMS it could be attached to. I always thought this sort of thing was EXACTLY within the spirit of the interchangeable MECHANISMS but have to be within 120lbs all inclusive rule.
In any case, I dont think that theres going to be many (if any) teams trying this tactic, as its very difficult to do it within the rules as written now.