Per Team Update #5 at
http://www2.usfirst.org/2004comp/tmup5.pdf
Section 5. The Robot
Notice.
FIRST will allow you to keep your all of your operator controls (Operator Interface, OI power supply, joysticks, etc.) and not ship it with your robot on Tuesday, 2/24/2004. This will allow you to continue to work on your programming.
If you decide not to ship it with your robot, please remember to bring it to your 1st competition. FIRST does not have replacement controls.
RTFM