G209 - What defines "1 Robot"

[John_Bottenberg]

@FinIce

1519 wasn’t allowed to do so in 2008 despite making weight.

@MikLast

1519 should of been allowed to compete back then, as they followed all the rules and were struck down by a rule being made in front of them at the event. If FIRST had an issue with this, they already had the precedent to slam it down mid-inspection.

@Taylor

#justiceForMechanicalMayhem2008

1519 2008 was a huge, huge deal at the time, so it make sense that people are bringing it up. Linking the thread for more context:

1519 - One Dual-Config Robot or Two Robots?

NOTE – I originally hadn’t intended to ask this question of the ChiefDelphi community prior to receiving an answer to our pending Q&A from the FIRST Game Design Committee, but so many people have asked about what happened to our dual-configuration robot in the four days since the start of our week 1 regional that I am having difficulty justifying the continued delay to reply to folks while waiting for the official Q&A response… This year our team employed a strategy that piqued our curiousity i…