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Withholding the Robot

Posted: February 23rd, 2010, 9:19 pm
by Tanner
I found this thread interesting. Basically people arguing over whether a robot can be withheld as long as it is under 65 lbs.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showt ... hp?t=82443

Now Update 13 says you can bring a less-than-completed robot <65lbs as long as it is in >2 pieces.

*me thinks that is still unfair*

*cuts robot in half* "There, lets bring it in tomorrow."

-Tanner

Re: Withholding the Robot

Posted: February 25th, 2010, 7:42 am
by freds
Had we known about this update before we had crated and shipped, basically, we could have just shipped a basic fabricated frame and kept all the other 65 pounds worth of fabricated items and continued to work. Some teams have.

Re: Withholding the Robot

Posted: February 25th, 2010, 8:21 am
by Sunny
My idea was to basically gut the robot. Send everything except for the frame, wheels, and motors. So then we could've spent a decent day to work on getting a new set of guts on the t-bot.

I guess it really didn't pick up steam cause it was a "what we'd have to do on Thursday" vs. what we can do quickly on Thursday and hit the practice rounds hard.

- Sunny