WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE?

[ZipTie3182]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Keep in mind that the cRIO as supplied is a COTS (Commercial, Off The Shelf) component. As long as you haven't modified it -- and you most definitely should not have modified it -- its weight doesn't count against your withholding allowance of FABRICATED stuff anyway.

This is what I was actually wondering. Are we sure on this? I mean, it makes sense since the rule says:

Teams may bring a maximum of 30 pounds of custom FABRICATED ITEMS (SPARE
PARTS, REPLACEMENT PARTS, and UPGRADE PARTS, plus all WITHHOLDING
ALLOWANCE items) to each competition event to be used to repair and/or upgrade their
ROBOT at the competition site.

but I just want to clarify on this, are we sure that you can bring your cRIO in say a separate box and they won't stop you for it? How exactly would you bring it in along with other COTS items such as maybe the radio, and some spare parts like gearboxes and motors?

-Anna