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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
What about COTS items.
It's a whole lot of work to remove all the COTS items from a practice bots for spares ahead of time.
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As I read the definition of a FABRICATED ITEM in the 2014 Manual:
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FABRICATED ITEM: any COMPONENT or MECHANISM that has been altered, built, cast, constructed, concocted, created, cut, heat treated, machined, manufactured, modified, painted, produced, surface coated, or conjured partially or completely into the final form in which it will be used on the ROBOT.
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a MECHANISM built using a COTS item is a FABRICATED ITEM. R18 precludes access to more than 45 lb of FABRICATED ITEMS, so to be excluded from the 45 lb limit, a COTS item would need to be removed from any FABRICATED ITEM before the team has access to it during an event.
Yeah, it is a whole lot of work.
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