YMTC: Redateam gets to practice after ship?

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Originally Posted by Goobergunch

The bolded section indicates that Redateam couldn't use the upper body that they failed to ship on their robot. Therefore, it seems like a pretty clear-cut rule violation to me.

Game, set and match. Goobergunch nailed it correctly. To even further reinforce the ruling, Rule <R24> states:

Teams may bring a maximum of 25 pounds of custom FABRICATED ITEMS (SPARE PARTS, REPLACEMENT PARTS, and/or UPGRADE PARTS) to each competition event to be used to repair and/or upgrade their robot at the competition site. All other FABRICATED ITEMS to be used on the robot during the competition must arrive at the competition venue packed in the shipping crate with the robot.

The Redabot arm is neither a SPARE PART nor a REPLACEMENT PART (it fails the "identical or functional duplicate part" test in the Section 5.0 definitions). Per Rule <R16> it is not a legal UPGRADE PART (it was not manufactured during the FIX-IT WINDOW after the last regional competition a team attends). Therefore, it is not legal to include it in the permitted 25 pounds of FABRICATED ITEMS the team can bring with them to the Magnolia Regional Competition. If the Redabot arm wasn't shipped in the crate, they can't use it.

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