[FIRST EMAIL] Stop Build Day Survey

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by asid61

That would be too broad of a definition IMO. One would keep withholding to prevent massive robot-sized mods to their robots. Withholding could stay, thus forcing a lot of teams to do nothing more than driver practice once they hit that 30lb limit.

But if we don't have stop build day, the robot doesn't go into a bag... why would I stop working on it just to practice? And if the robot is not in the bag, how do I, as an inspector, determine what is withholding and what isn't? Say a team brings in a 50 lb manipulator. If it's detached from their robot, do I call it withholding? What if it's held onto the robot by a zip tie, or a single bolt?

Without a bagged robot, "withholding" loses its entire definition. Besides, as the rules are now, I could bag hundreds of lbs of spare parts and it would be just fine.