Why not have a grandfather clause for existing UK built robots that would have difficulty in losing weight? They would be allowed to continue competing in the UK. All new builds would have to comply with the new rules. This could lead to two difficulties, both of which can be overcome:
1. Since the whole idea of the rule change is to create a uniform international standard, so robots from all countries can compete on an equal basis, these grandfathered robots would not be able to compete outside the UK. If people really want to compete outside the UK they will have to find a way to lose wieght or build a new machine.
2. If international robots come here for a competition, the grandfathered machines would not be able to take part. [But given that most roboteers like a good fight I suspect that many foreign machines would be willing to fight them anyway.]
I say UK above but we might want to extend this to the Netherlands if there are Dutch roboteers with machines that are having difficulty in losing weight.
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