Modifying robot at competition?

[FrankJ]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

IKE did a great job covering this topic from the LRI's point of view in an earlier post.

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Reading the above together with the provision of T08 (quoted by the OP) "during the entire competition event," I interpret the combination of rules to mean that ALL mechanisms included on the robot at any time during the event should be weighed together when the robot is presented for inspection, and that this should be required when/if any new mechanisms are added.

An interesting point. For hypothetical, You have a 120 lb robot. During the competition you couldn't pull your 30 lb climber to put on you 10 lb blocker (fabbed during competition) because the total weight would be 130lbs? IE during reinspection the removed climber should be included as part of the robot.

Replacing damaged parts one for one is a different discussion.