Modular Bots??

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally posted by Suneet
Rookies: Quick tip for modular bots: Note Rule M5. All your possible modular systems have to clear the 130lb weight limit, with all installed at the same time.

Not exactly. You can have 500 lbs of robot "stuff" ... but you can only put 130 lbs of it on the field at a time. Each module plus the drive base has to be 130 lbs or less. At the time of the inspection, you must weigh in each combination of modules that you will be putting on the field in order to pass the inspection.

M5:
At the time of robot inspection, you must present all mechanisms that you will use on the robot during the entire competition event. It is acceptable, however, for a robot to play matches with a subset of the mechanisms that were present during inspection. Only mechanisms that were present during the inspection may be added, removed or reconfigured between matches. If subsets of mechanisms are changed between matches, the robot must still meet all inspection criteria. Robots must satisfy Rule M6 at all times.

- Katie