Inspection Checklist posted!

[Brandon_L]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Better to find out now when you have a few days to fix it, then at the competition.

We don't even have any 12.

[Gary Dillard]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

We don't even have any 12.

Then use 10; you got 10 feet each of red and black in the Kit of Parts.

[Russ Beavis]

Gary,
Regarding the distinction between CAPABLE and NOT INTENDED TO with respect to having balls intrude by more than 3" and whether such capability (regardless of intention) is a violation of rule <R19> (see below) - this sounds like a great question for the GDC and the formal Q&A. When I read the rules and crafted the checklist task, I interpreted the rule such that simply having the ability to intrude by > 3" was a violation of <R19>.

It can get even fuzzier - I saw a few robots at Suffield Shakedown with "squishy" barriers around their robot's lower perimeter (eg rubber bands or belts). It was very easy for the robot to "hop" over a ball and trap it underneath (even though, under normal operation, the "squishy" barrier did a fine job of keep balls from being lodged under the robot). In this case, I would have been tempted to allow the robot design to pass inspection and left enforcement of the (hopefully rare) ball entrapments to the referees.

A formal Q&A thread sounds like an appropriate action to take.

Russ

<R19> ROBOTS must be designed so that in normal operation BALLS cannot extend more than 3 inches inside
a) the FRAME PERIMETER below the level of the BUMPER ZONE (see Figure 8-5),
b) a MECHANISM or feature designed or used to deflect BALLS in a controlled manner that is above the level of the BUMPER ZONE.

[Trying to Help]

For those 4-H teams, have you used 4-H as your school name also?

Thank you,

Trying to Help

[Phreadumb]

Hey, I was just checking out the inspection sheet, and I noticed in the electrical catagory it said "Motors - 5 CIM, 2 Denso Left, 2 Denso Right, 2 Fisher Price, and 2 Mabuchi. <R52. A,D,E>" So I was wondering if I needed to uses 2 left and 2 right left denso motors, and not somthing like 4 left as intended? I looked at A, D, and E and what I'm doing seems to be in compliance.

[Russ Beavis]

Did you receive four left-side Denso window motors in your Kit of Parts? You should have received 2 lefts and 2 rights and are limited to using 2 of each per rules <R52> and <R53>.

What do you mean by using "4 left as intended"?

Russ