Al's Annual Inspection Thread

[Mike Betts]

Unless you are informed differently by your event organizers, remove your bumpers, minibot and battery before coming up for your initial inspection. Bring these items with you as the minibot and bumpers will be weighed separately.

Also, bring your BOM with you to the initial inspection and offer it up front to your inspectors. They will appreciate it.

Do the WPA configuration kiosk before your first practice match.

Lastly, do your inspection as early as possible. You will find the inspection crew ready and waiting early in the day rather than backed up at the end of the day.

As an example: If your arm is in need of the tender mercies of your pit crew, call it a non-functional decoration and have the rest of the robot inspected. You can get your inspection sticker and be assured that you are legal for Friday and have no other inspection issues to attend to. Now you can work on your arm for the rest of Thursday and ask for a re-inspection when ready. Usually, only the parts which were changed will be inspected.

Above all, have fun and, if you need help, ask for it... Your inspectors will be glad to help or try to arrange for another team to help you.

This should not be a traumatic experience!

Regards,

Mike