[EricH]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

So basically what you're saying is you're making up "strong conclusions" based on things you admit aren't said in the rules at all. Please for the sake of less-informed teams skimming over these threads do not post things you don't know to be true.

Chris, do you know for sure that it is legal to use items that are COTS on the Minibot just because their material matches a legal material? If so, what rule? I'd be interested in knowing.

Originally Posted by artdutra04

If made of steel, yes.

Reading between the lines are for philosophical or political discussions. FRC rules are black and white.

Except that this one can be read in two ways, black and white. Like I said, I wouldn't see that "steel" included "steel screws, nuts, and bolts that I buy at a hardware store". I'd see "steel" and think, "steel plate, tube, bar that I can form stuff with". You're seeing "steel" and thinking "steel, plate, tube, bar, screw, nut, bolt, and other hardware". Two different points of view, one single word. Because it is quite possible to do that, I propose that we let this topic lie until somebody can ask the Q&A. I can't do that asking, BTW--no account and no team. Q&A is the only official source for making black or white into black and white.