Old control box

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by EricH

So, it seems that the operator console is counted as part of the robot. After all, it is part of the control system. The wording of <R11-A> seems to indicate that its exceptions to <R11> are only for weight and volume. But the console isn't in the cost accounting.

This ambiguity in the rules has been around for a couple of years. While I don't disagree with your analysis, I will point out that if that is true, all sorts of rules become ridiculous. Take power sources and distribution, for example: <R01>, <R43>, etc. are essentially impossible to fulfil, if the console is part of the robot.

I've got a hard time believing that that's what was intended (technical common sense and all that). All the same, you'd think that a clear, airtight definition of a robot might have been a useful thing to include.