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Originally Posted by Coach Tom
My fear is that many robots were completely designed and well into fabrication by week 4.
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Yeah, I had that fear too. My team had that problem, and still does. We didn't pick up on the ever so slight change in the wording from last year, and our drivetrain was fully fabricated week 4, so we have to fix that on Thursday at WPI.
I read the other threads and still don't quite understand the intent. If I extend my frame perimeter out a quarter of an inch to cover the bolts, the bolts are still protruding, they're just a quarter inch further in in relation to the bumpers, which makes practially no difference except that it causes a lot of teams the trouble of the fix it on the first day of regionals. I'd like to see the GDC change the rule to save a lot of teams the hassle, It would have no negative effect on anyone, it just save people wasted time and effort.