[Andy Baker]

At one regional this year, there was a team who was still building their drive system all day on Thursday. We inspectors would check with them about every 30-40 minutes, and they would always say "we are ok, thanks for the offer to get us help, but we are fine".

After the pits closed on Thursday, we went to look at their robot in more detail. They still did not have their drive system wired up. However, they had partially completed their neon light system, and they also had a Globe motor (illegal) and an old Window motor (illegal).

I left them a note, saying that these two motors were not allowed this year. One of the inspectors was assigned to them in the morning, and they finally were focused on getting their robot driving.

Andy B.