**FIRST EMAIL**/Visit Bill's Blog - Important Shipping Reminder and Software Update

[dtengineering]

This is a very valuable reminder.

I believe there was also a Q&A post concerning R35 and R36 (the withholding limit) that pointed out that since the cRio is a commercial off the shelf unit (when unplugged from all components on the robot) that it does not count towards the 40 pound limit. The same would apply to an unmodified toughbox, and presumably an unmodified CIM. The 40 pounds refers only to fabricated parts.

This is a major departure from the previous way of doing things, and, for those teams who optimize the opportunities presented by this rule, represents a real opportunity to advance both their robot and their student's opportunities to learn "hands on" the hardware.

So if something still needs work on your robot... don't panic... take careful measurements, photos, etc. and hold back the parts you need to get working. (For us it will be traction control...)

Jason