[Joseph Smith]

4.4 Budget Constraints
R10 The total cost of all items on the ROBOT shall not exceed $4000 USD. All costs are to be
determined as explained in Section 4.4 Budget Constraints. Exceptions are as follows:
A. individual COTS items that are less than $5 USD each and
B. KOP items

Teams should be prepared to disclose to Inspectors the cost of any
non-KOP item and the total cost of the ROBOT.
There is no quantity limit on KOP items in regards to R10. If the item
is a KOP item, it does not require an associated cost on the Cost
Accounting Worksheet (CAW).
Per T11, Teams must be prepared to display a CAW to Inspectors
during Inspection. The CAW may be displayed in either printed or
electronic form.
Individual COMPONENTS or MECHANISMS, not excluded in R10, that
are retrieved from previous ROBOTS and used on 2016 ROBOTS must
have their undepreciated cost included in the 2016 CAW and applied to
the overall cost assessment.
R11 No individual, non-KOP item shall have a value that exceeds $400 USD. The total cost of
COMPONENTS purchased in bulk may exceed $400 USD as long as the cost of an individual
COMPONENT does not exceed $400 USD.
If a COTS item is part of a modular system that can be assembled in several possible
configurations, then each individual module must fit within the price constraints defined in R11.
If the modules are designed to assemble into a single configuration, and the assembly is functional
in only that configuration, then the total cost of the complete assembly including all modules must
fit within the price constraints defined in R11.