The paragraph above <R27> states the spirit of the rule. Though it's not 'technically' a rule, it's still in the rulebook and still explicitly governs as such: (emphasis is mine)
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Teams can not be prevented from thinking about their hardware and software designs, and it is not our intention to do so. However, the timeline permitted for the development of the actual competition version of the ROBOT is severely, and intentionally, restricted. Pondering software issues to be resolved, researching general case solutions, discussing solutions with teammates, collecting raw materials, sketching mechanisms, preparing tools, and outlining high-level descriptions of software algorithms are all reasonable activities outside of the scheduled build periods. But completing detailed dimensioned drawings of parts, and any actual fabrication of any hardware items intended to go on the actual competition ROBOT is prohibited outside of the approved fabrication periods.
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I do not mean for this to take away from the discussion of the design itself, and apologize for that
