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Re: Would Speed Racer be legal this year?

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol View Post
So with this year's definition in the Glossary:
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Would Speed Racer be legal?
No, I don't think so. "R1519" appeared in 2009 presumably in response to Speed Racer, and the text has remained essentially the same since.

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Originally Posted by 2009 FRC Manual
ROBOT - A FIRST ROBOT is a remotely operated vehicle designed and built by a FIRST Robotic
Competition team to perform specific tasks when competing in the 2009 competition “Lunacy.” The
ROBOT must include all the basic systems required to be an active participant in the game – power,
communications, control, mobility, and actuation. The ROBOT implementation must obviously follow a
design approach intended to play the 2009 FRC game (e.g. a box of unassembled parts placed on the
field, or a ROBOT designed to play a different game, would not satisfy this definition).
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