YMTC: Super Duper Hook!

[tkwetzel]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

So to start us off, the most relevant rule is obviously this section of R09:

That being said, I think the spare hook would be legal. I'd have to say that welding is still under the category of fabrication as opposed to assembly, since it can't be reasonably undone. Atleast not without a dremel or grinder. So a welded object is incapable of being disassembled anymore than it already is. As a secondary definition, welding is also making definite chemical and physical changes to the part that are distinctly lacking in, say, screwing in a bolt.

That rule states the "during the six week period following kickoff" you can make spare parts. That six weeks is the build season, so if they fabricated it after shipping the robot, it would be illegal.