[EricH]

The rules say to ship the robot, sans a withholding allowance of up to 65 lbs of fabricated items.

Q&A says that anything you like can go in that withholding allowance.

The good folks at FRC HQ say that you have to ship the robot.

Q&A is for interpretation of the rules--their interpretation, and therefore the current official interpretation, is that you can hold back anything you like.

I think we need to bring this up to the attention of Q&A, and find out what's really supposed to happen.

"Hypothetical situation: A team builds its robot such that it weighs 60 lbs without the battery or bumpers. They choose to withhold the entire robot and ship the bumpers in the crate. FRC HQ has passed down a message that this is illegal, but this Q&A [link to the appropriate one] implies that this is fine. Which interpretation is correct?"