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Originally Posted by FRC 2014 Manual: R13
ROBOT elements created before Kickoff are not permitted. ROBOT elements, including software, that are designed
before Kickoff are not permitted.
Exceptions include the following:
A. BUMPERS,
B. OPERATOR CONSOLE,
C. battery assemblies per R5-A, and
D. software and designs with source files publicly available prior to Kickoff.
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Originally Posted by FRC 2014 Manual: Glossery
ROBOT: an electromechanical assembly built by an FRC Team to perform specific tasks when competing in AERIAL
ASSIST. It includes all of the basic systems required to be an active participant in the game: power, communications,
control, mobility, and actuation. The implementation must obviously follow a design approach intended to play AERIAL
ASSIST (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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By that definition, I wouldn't consider fixtures to be part of the ROBOT, and therefore not fall under the restrictions specified by R13.