Different levels of passing inspection

[rich2202]

Originally Posted by ChuckDickerson

Just so I'm clear, you are saying you were an inspector and this is what you understood Big Al to say at the inspectors meeting prior to doors opening on Wednesday? If so, you and I heard 2 completely different things.

Before seeing your response, I adjusted the paraphrase a little, but to me the signal was what I originally wrote.

This is my first year inspecting. At the Regional, the Lead RI said our priorities, in order, are: 1) Compete; 2) Safely; and 3) In compliance. So, help teams to compete safely, and then worry about compliance. When asked about the Championship, the response was: Since teams have already competed (at a Regional), the emphasis is then on Safety and Compliance.

When Al gave the speech at the 2:00 Wednesday inspector meeting, I distinctly remember getting the same impression of inspections as I had for the Regional (the top priority is to let the teams compete). He did go on to talk about the RI's being there to help a robot to become safe and compliant, but at no time were we charged with making sure that each robot was safe AND in full compliance.

Note: If a robot is safe AND compliant, then it is free to compete. As soon as deference is given to competing (which is the signal I got from Al), then safety and/or compliance can be sacrificed for competition.