Bag and Tag at Worlds

[Jon Stratis]

According to the FRCTeams Twitter account,

@FRCTeams: THIS JUST IN: No bag or lock up form inspections at @FIRSTChamp. Teams can just unbag and get to work! #omgrobots

https://twitter.com/frcteams/status/590201606412570624

So, get your crate open as soon as you get there Wednesday, no hassle from inspectors!

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

According to the FRCTeams Twitter account,



https://twitter.com/frcteams/status/590201606412570624

So, get your crate open as soon as you get there Wednesday, no hassle from inspectors!

We're now just one step away from eliminating bag and tag entirely.

[Tom Line]

Originally Posted by dcarr

We're now just one step away from eliminating bag and tag entirely.

I wouldn't say that. The size of the championship event requires streamlining, however the basic bag-and-tag requirement keeps over eager hands off the robot pretty well. Even honest folks can be tempted to 'just take the wire off' or 'just tighten that bolt' when there isn't a barrier.

I'm betting bag and tag isn't going anywhere, and I really don't mind it.

[MrForbes]

I hope not, we like getting a little rest between build and competition.

[Bob Steele]

My opinion is that they will not require bags to go into crates to come to CMP next year. Not much point in doing that.... the crate IS the bag. Seal the crate.

I don't see them eliminating bag and tag for other events though.....

[MrForbes]

Not bagging would have given us an extra week to play with the robot....we had other things to do, like finding money and making travel arrangements.

[FrankJ]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

According to the FRCTeams Twitter account,
https://twitter.com/frcteams/status/590201606412570624
So, get your crate open as soon as you get there Wednesday, no hassle from inspectors!

A bet a bunch of robot inspectors just issued a sigh of relief.

[Bob Steele]

sighhhhh

of relief

[Nate Laverdure]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

According to the FRCTeams Twitter account,
So, get your crate open as soon as you get there Wednesday, no hassle from inspectors!

Is it weird that this information is on social media (Facebook too) but hasn't been blogged yet?

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure

Is it weird that this information is on social media (Facebook too) but hasn't been blogged yet?

Nah...I don't think this is a critical piece of information that teams need to know before they arrive. Heck, last year the decision was announced to inspectors 30 mins before the doors opened, and teams only found out after they got in the building. It's something teams will deal with for all of 5 mins after they get the robot out of the crate and then completely forget about the rest of the event. Other stuff that was blogged, like load in/load out details or match schedule, have bigger implications for teams in terms of bus/trailer scheduling, pre-scouting, and such. Those types of things typically require some amount of planning or awareness ahead of time.