You can't drop the robot off at the event.
Here are the relevant quotes:
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11.2.8
You will be shipping your robot to a Drayage Company because event sites do not accept or store team robots, crates, or toolboxes. This company stores the robots and brings them to the event site.
11.2.8.2
ALL team crates must leave the team's hands by February 24, 2004, 5p.m. local time. This date and time applies whether you ship your crate(s) or drive it to the drayage facility.
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I realize you're a rookie team and things are expensive, but the robot definitely has to be out of your hands on the 24th. That means it either has to be at the drayage company, or on its way there with a shipping company. The rules are the rules and they're there to make things fair for everyone and make the events run smoothly.
Please note, though, that if your crate is under 400 lbs and theres only one, then drayage charges are covered by FIRST, so you won't be paying anything. So delivering your robot to the drayage company would, atleast, save FedEx from having to ship your robot. You should have 3 complimentary FedEx airbills to ship your robot with as well, and if you're a rookie team, I expect you're only going to one regional and maybe the championship, so that should be plenty.