Rules on building after bag day?

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by mdituri

As long as your robot stays sealed in the bag and your component weighs less than the witholding allowance, you can build away. We pack a tape measure IN our bag in case we need emergency measurements. It worked great last year.

You would need to install on pit day of competition. You don't necessarily need to deconstruct your component if it weighs less than the allowance.

Originally Posted by CalTran

Emphasis mine.

What do you mean, "in case we need emergency measurements"? Once the robot is bagged, it's bagged. You're not supposed to design off of it, touch it, interact with it, probably not even look at it. After Ship Day, the robot ceases to exist in the physical world until your first regional.

Only a tape measure? We bag the smallest kid on the team just to be sure.

But all kidding aside, I would read sections 4.1.4 and 4.1.5 of the manual as they are the rules on this matter.