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Re: Withholding most of your robot? Read this
For the past 6 years, we have built twins (competition bot and practice bot). We always bag (or ship) the drive base, and withhold whatever the manipulator is (or at least whatever parts fit within the withholding allowance). The reason is to save money. Most of the expensive or hard to machine parts end up on the manipulator. Not having to build two of them is a plus for us since we are not that well funded.

I don't have a problem with this, as I believe that it is within the spirit of, and in fact, is the purpose of, the withholding allowance.
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