[EricH]

Originally Posted by Team 4264

Forgive our rookieness, as we are clueless.
Rule r13
The term "spare parts" and not being counted as part of budget. I consider this to mean part harvesting off whatever junk equipment. Since we have a no money to buy things then "spare parts" will be the bulk of our bot.
Since we have no Pros (mentors & engineers) to help we have no idea how much of the parts work so I foresee us using the K.I.S.S. approach and use the items we know how to work with, scavenge everything else.

Nope, not an accurate assessment. Spare parts are parts identical to ones that are on the robot that are not used on the robot.

Are we allowed use wood? Not just for bumpers, but framing, throwing arms, etc.?

No rules prohibit the use of wood.

Can we use "deer net" as a defense, as it is nearly invisible?

I'm hesitant to say yes or no. If you do use it, make darn certain that anybody who might get tangled in it has to work to do that.

Can we not use any or all of the logic boards and still be able to drive around?

Not sure I understand what you mean by this. Do you mean the modules that go in the cRIO?

Our school promised us a laptop by 1/15 so we could load all of the software we were given. [insert eyeroll here]

Psst: Use the Classmate for some of the lighter programming software.