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Unread 07-03-2014, 14:18
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Re: Were to store practice bot at regional?

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Originally Posted by thefro526 View Post
Take your wheel and pulley example - why is a wheel, with a pulley attached a 'fabricated component' or custom assembly - if all of the parts that it is made of COTS? Who really benefits from a restriction like this?
It depends. If you bought the wheel/pulley combination, already assembled, from Wheels R Us, then it's a COTS item. If you bought the wheel from Wheels R Us, and the pulley from Pulleys R Us, then it's a FABRICATED ITEM (the definition of which includes "constructed", "manufactured", and "produced"). Like it or not, silly or not, that's what the rules say.

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Say I took a piece of plywood, drilled a bunch of holes in it, ziptied 10 Speed Controllers, a cRio, a DSC, a PDB, and a bunch of motors to it, do they all become part of a fabricated assembly?
I'm going to say "no", with an evil grin. Since the bumper rules (somewhat) clearly define fasteners -- and say that "tie wraps" (which I'll translate to "zip tie") are not allowed to attach bumpers to the robot -- the whole thing isn't a FABRICATED ITEM. The plywood is, though -- you drilled holes.

Note that my tongue is firmly in my cheek on this, but wouldn't it be simpler to just put the parts in some kind of container? You may need the zip ties to make repairs on your ROBOT.
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