[EricH]

This is something that you will need to ask Q&A. Here's my reasoning (and it won't be easy to follow, because the rules aren't):

1. The definition of ROBOT: "A FIRST ROBOT is a remotely operated vehicle designed and built by a FIRST Robotic Competition team to perform specific tasks when competing in the 2009 competition “Lunacy.” The ROBOT must include all the basic systems required to be an active participant in the game – power, communications, control, mobility, and actuation. The ROBOT implementation must obviously follow a design approach intended to play the 2009 FRC game (e.g. a box of unassembled parts placed on the field, or a ROBOT designed to play a different game, would not satisfy this definition)."

This specifies that the control system is a part of determining what is a robot.

2. "<R11-A> Exception: solely for the purposes of determining compliance with the weight and volume limitations, these items are NOT considered part of the ROBOT and are NOT included in the weight and volume assessment:
• ...
• The OPERATOR CONSOLE."

I read the above to mean that the operator console is part of the robot, except weight and volume checks.

3. However, materials for an operator console are not included in the cost accounting (<R22>).

So, it seems that the operator console is counted as part of the robot. After all, it is part of the control system. The wording of <R11-A> seems to indicate that its exceptions to <R11> are only for weight and volume. But the console isn't in the cost accounting.

Ask Q&A to be sure, but I think you'll need to rebuild the operator console this year. If it's unmodified COTS, you're fine, but if not, rebuild is your safest option.