Not bagging entire robot? (Rule Change)

[Kellen Hill]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

I would use the "impartial observer" rule - if your grandmother was standing there looking at it and says "what a nice robot you built!" then it's a robot.

Why would you use this when there is a clear definition provided in the manual?

"ROBOT: an electromechanical assembly built by an FRC Team to perform specific tasks when competing in AERIAL ASSIST. It includes all of the basic systems required to be an active participant in the game: power, communications, control, mobility, and actuation. The implementation must obviously follow a design approach intended to play AERIAL ASSIST (e.g. a box of unassembled parts placed on the FIELD or a ROBOT designed to play a different game would not satisfy this definition)."

While grandmothers are pretty cool, I would be hesitant in letting them determine what is and is not a robot.