Modifying robot at competition?

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Originally Posted by DanCreed3692

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I want to see what peoples take on this rule is. To me I read this as that each robot has to be presented at initial inspection with all components of each mechanism for any configurations that are planned to be used during the "ENTIRE COMPETITION EVENT".... snip...

Dan,
I cut out a lot of your statement and bolded a couple of areas of concern. You have interjected your opinion and added an assumed "initial" to the actual rules. This happens a lot in life and in FRC competitions. Small assumptions like this can cause a lot of upset feelings.

At the events where I am LRI, I let teams know that they need to be re-inspected before they can compete. The 3 areas I look for are starting inside the frame perimeter, weight, and then overall height. Once I know the height, and that they are legal, they are free to compete, and then I can relay the height to the referees so that they know that the bot is 59.5" instead of 60.5".
We had a lot of such modifications occur at 1 event with a few full field shooter, and then vitrually no additions at a venue that had only 1 full field shooter.
We also had experienced teams making tweaks to their rookie partners to improve infeed of frisbees from the players station, more robust battery hold-downs, and clean-ups of loose wiring.