Legality of CMUCam use

[Ricky Q.]

As it has been brought up in a number of other threads, why not make a single thread to address it.

IFI Robotics has the CMUCam 2 Rev A for sale, making it a COTS item commercially available to all teams.

http://www.ifirobotics.com/camera.shtml

It is under the limits and fits the flow chart, this camera is not the one that was included in the 2006 kit, as Rev A was different for 2007.

Therefore the camera would be allowed as long as it is Rev A and purchased from IFI as a COTS item, according to the Parts Use Flowchart and <R68> from Section 8.

<R68>

Additional electronic components for use on the ROBOT must be either COTS items, or

assembled from COTS items. Additional electronic components include any object that
intentionally conducts electricity, other than Innovation First Inc. relays and speed

controllers, wires, connectors, solder, and fabricated printed circuit boards.