Fabricated Items same as COTS

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Originally Posted by GeeTwo

Actually, providing fabricated items produced prior to the event and given at the event to another team isn't allowed, as I read the rules. Check out the first paragraph of R17 (emphasis mine):


I'm sure that throttling GP was not the intent, but that's how the rule is written.

And, just to cover the bases, I don't suppose that your sponsor would be willing to make so many of these parts that you could make them available to every team (for a price), rendering these bits actual COTS items?

Very interesting read and catch....I was reading another thread about something else entirely last night, and without pointing the exact who's or what out here....I thought the same thing (it was about the loaning of a retractable Ball blocker at Championships last year, and they were told to keep it after the event as a gift)...Now, if that was fabricated at that event only from COTS items, it would not count towards either team/robot(s) witholding allowance.

But, if it was fabricated before the event then there could be violations of the rule (unless like mini-bots of the past, there were direct rule exceptions).
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Same reasoning I asked for prior CD input elsewhere in another thread a while back on a "hypothetical plan" to possibly fabricate a pr. or set of community items "at an event by multiple teams in community ownership of a certain clamp on item" to be used by many teams at an event.....I wanted to see if that working around the rule legally would be accepted on a possible basic idea I had for this years game.