Your tall opaque robot is now illegal

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Jon,
we were told by the refs at the Lake Superior event during the semifinals to secure our bumper a little higher on one of the corners of the robot because they said it was too low (sagging). We were told to fix it or sit out. I didnt have a tape measure on me, but we used a wood screw drilled through our frame to secure it temporarily until our final matches were over. Yet, we passed inspection.......twice.

Yes, that would be G19-1... Something the refs (in my experience, at least) are finally calling a little more strictly than they have in past years. With the high shock loads robots are taking from crossing defenses, it's really no surprise that things may come loose after a while. In that case, even after having passed inspection it's possible for items like bumpers or starting configuration (G7-D) to get a little out of whack. I have seen head refs call G19-1 and G7-D on their own before, usually with good reason.

But those two rules are distinctly separate from G7-A and this concern that a head ref would overrule an LRI on the specific legality of a robot mechanism.