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Originally Posted by KenWittlief

Look at it this way: FIRST requires plexiglass shields, steel railings all around the playfield, and for all students and refs near the field to wear safety glasses in order to drive a well specified and inspected robot during the event. Why would they then allow the same students to drive an experimental robot cart around in the pit area, right next to students and spectators, with no restrictions, inspections, or safety measures of any kind?

Well they allow the robot to be driven on a tether, and if they mount their OI in the cart and the RC as well connecting the two via tether it should be okay, although this is in the realm of the legality depending on the people at a given competition.