Teams that do not bag their robots

[Thad House]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

I do not believe it is in the spirit of the rule to construct robot parts that were not built/designed/conceived prior to stop build. In other words, I do not believe it is in the spirit to build a drive base prior to stop build with the expectation you will build the rest of the robot later and bring it along as withholding. Yes, as an LRI I have seen 29 lb+ mechanisms come in the door.

I think a better rule would be to add something new with withholding, something has to be removed. At that point you could consider it an upgrade. Every team I have ever been a part of has always had to remove something in order to upgrade. We have never shipped a non functional robot. Everything we have ever brought in with withholding has been to improve functionality, not make it functional in the first place.