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The required check that a robot meets size, weight, safety, and rules before it can compete.
also calledRobot inspectionWeigh-in
where you actually meet Inspection
Inspection is the gate between your robot and the field, and teams fail it for boring reasons: over weight with the bumpers off, outside the frame perimeter, a missing or dead Robot Signal Light, unprotected wiring. Inspectors are helpful rather than adversarial — but every hour you spend fixing something in the pit is an hour you are not practising with drivers.
Free and structured, and none of them need an account to read.
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Competition & Game
The mandatory padded protective bumpers around a robot's frame, colored red or blue to match the alliance.
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The required orange light that indicates robot state (solid = enabled, blinking = disabled).
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The 120A circuit breaker that protects the entire robot's main power circuit between the battery and PDH/PDP.
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A group of three teams that play together on the red or blue side of a match.
read the entryInspection is one of 70 entries in the catalogue. The guides are where these words get used in order, instead of one at a time.