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Withholding Allowance

Per Q904, if a part is never used on a Robot, then it is never part of the Withholding Allowance.

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Q904
Q: When you say "part of a BUMPER" do you mean an assembled Bumper Segment, or do you mean "Bumper parts", which would include individual fabricated parts, that when combined with other parts, could be assembled into a Bumper Segment. Since you only get to load-in once, it is important to know in advance what is included in the Withholding Allowance, and what is not. Retroactive determinations does not help. Parts dedicated to bumper use only are exempt?

A: There are no rules governing FABRICATED ITEMS that are never used on a ROBOT. If the FABRICATED ITEMS you bring with you are used in your BUMPERS at the time of inspection (and not in other ways, such as your drivetrain or similar) then the FABRICATED ITEMS are governed by R18-C and are exempt from the WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE.
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This makes sense. When our team brings a bag of giveaways into the pit, they are obviously fabricated, but they are never used on the Robot.

I have thought of the Withholding Allowance as: If the part is of the type of thing that goes on a robot, and is not COTS, then it is part of the Withholding Allowance.

Example: the Team brings along assembled gear boxes with motors. Those are fabricated, and count against the Withholding Allowance.

However, the ruling seems to permit the following:

The team brings along a 20# shooter to attach to the bagged competition robot, and a 120# completely assembled identical practice robot to cannibalize for spare parts. The shooter is attached to the bagged competition Robot, and weighed for inspection. As long as the team never uses more than 10# of spare parts from the practice robot then the Withholding Allowance rule is not violated.
 


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