[Paul H]

Where do you draw the line if you allow pre building, though? If pre-building is allowed, a team could concievably take the previous year's robot and adapt it for the new game. This would eitehr cause them to a. make some awesome end-effectors, or b. finish in 2 weeks and practice for the remaining four. That leaves rookies and teams that had bad robots the year before at a disadvantage.

And I know this was in a different topic, but who says people can't learn from purchasing a gearbox? It's up to them whether they teach the kids why and how it works or they just put it in their robot.