[EricH]

Originally Posted by budly99

The same way teams get rewarded after posting how they design their robot, send the plans to their sponsor, and recieve a kit back with all the parts cut, brackets bent and metal skins laser cut. A simple bolt together and they are hard to compete with.

There is NO RULE saying that that is illegal. If that is how the team chooses to conduct their design and build, that is their business. I don't know of a single team that does that, BTW. The bumper rules are clear-cut (or mostly so, with some recurring "is this legal" Q&A questions that are typically answered quickly and clearly).

squirrel, one of the judges at Arizona last year was doing inspections on Thursday. Just for reference...