Modifying robot at competition?

[andya]

Hi,

I'm the drive team mentor for team 4212.

Since I'm a noob, I was asking a lot of questions of everyone I talked with, both competitors and officials. I want to thank everyone I talked to for the tips you all gave me.

I asked the inspectors what we can change on the robot. The few inspectors that were there replied as long as we did not go over the set limits, we could make any wanted or needed changes anytime you are allowed to work on your robot as long as you come back after every change and get re-inspected. One inspector was adamant, any changes no matter how small or big needed to have an inspection after said change.

This was as specific as the inspectors got with me on changes, and appears the rules are subject to the officiating staff’s interpretation and implementation of the rules. I thought, by the rules, what parts you came to the competition with is what you had to compete with as long as the total robot weight did not go over 120lb regardless of the parts.