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Originally Posted by Hugo_Klepsch
I think the OP was referring to the root cause that led the FRC rule makers to make such a rule.
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Originally Posted by Joey1939
It's all about safety and fairness. FRC requires everyone to use the same base software so that the field can control your robot. This way everyone starts autonomous at the same time and such. Also, it gives the field the ability to e-stop the robot that jumps over the guardrail.
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FIRST (and really everyone that ever comes into the proximity of your robot) needs to know that when your robot is disabled/emergency stopped, nothing is going to actuate. That function is hard-coded into the specified firmware and image and can't be overrode by any user code. Using a different firmware could potentially allow the robot to move when disabled/emergency stopped, which is a major safety issue for what I hope are obvious reasons.