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Originally Posted by AdamC
By control board, I'll assume you mean the board you plug into the driving station, and I'm going to have to say you don't need to ship it with your robot. The past few years we've been carrying it with us to our first competition, then stuffing it in the crate and sending it to our next one.
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I wouldn't advertise this and I wouldn't do it this year as it is illegal and has been since at least last year. Here is the applicable rule from this year's manual (emphasis mine)
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Originally Posted by 2008 FRC manual
During the Build Season: During the period between the Kick-off and ROBOT shipment
deadline, teams are to design and fabricate all the COMPONENTS and MECHANISMS
required to complete their ROBOT. They are encouraged to use all the materials, sources
and resources available to them that are in compliance with the rules of the 2008 FIRST
Robotics Competition. When the ROBOT shipment deadline arrives, all work on the ROBOT
must cease and the ROBOT must be placed in a “hands-off” condition. The entire ROBOT
(including all FABRICATED ITEMS intended for use during the competition in alternative
configurations of the ROBOT) and OPERATOR CONSOLE must be crated and out of team
hands by the shipment deadline specified in Section 4.5.1.1
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