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Originally Posted by NotInControl
in 2011 it was minibots. I can't even count how many minibots teams were using that they had no hand in fabricating.
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Originally Posted by Chris is me
One thing to add, with the minibot example - FIRST *made an award* for lending out fabricated assemblies to other teams in 2011, and now it's illegal. Not just "technically illegal" - clearly, unambiguously illegal. Think about that for a minute.
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Do keep in mind the intent of the minibots in 2011. It was expressively permitted, and awarded, to share minibots in LogoMotion. Woodie made comments about a "minibot economy." Beyond that, minibots were not necessarily even meant to be built by FRC teams. Tetrix parts were required for a reason, and they stressed that minibots were about integrating FRC and FTC together during kickoff.
The minibot was very much a distinct item from the rest of the robot in 2011. It wasn't simply an "assembly."