I thought of an interesting scenario that would most likely never happen during a match, but I still wanted to hear everyone’s thoughts about this.
What if your robot caused such an immense amount of friction during a competition match that two separate pieces of metal were accidently fused together?
Friction welding is a legitimate way of fusing metal, but if it were, in fact, possible with VEX robotics, would this be considered illegal and would this be grounds for a DQ? As stated in <R15> you may not attach objects, such as metal in any way that is not provided within the VEX Robotics Design System.
I know this is pretty absurd and completely impossible, but I am curious to hear what you all think.
This isn’t a hypothetical situation, it’s an impossible situation. That’s my opinion on it. Even if it did happen friction welding is still welding even if done unintentionally. If you unintentionally leave a sharp edge on something and don’t pass inspection the rule is still being followed.