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Question: Do bumpers count in a team's Withholding Allowance? I'm searching through the Robots section of the manual but have not yet seen a clear indicator as to whether or not bumpers carried to an event are part of your withholding allowance.

If bumpers are not part of your withholding allowance, are they not Fabricated Items either? There seems to be a conflict of rules here, as the Withholding Allowance policy clearly only applies to "A limited amount of FABRICATED ITEMS that are permitted to be withheld from the ROBOT shipping requirements," and I have seen no indication that bumpers are taken into consideration in this rule.

If batteries with terminals and leads attached are Fabricated Items and count against your Withholding Allowance, then bumpers must follow the same ruling.