Background: We have 4 weeks from ship date to competition, and would like to build a _____ second drive base to practice driving and working on control systems as seems to be the intent of R36 during this time.
Please elaborate on the spirit and intent of R35 (unlimited COTS for upgrade) vs R36 (40lb withholding allowance for Fabbed items) regarding the following concept:
- strip the robot of many expensive but easily installed COTS items before shipment and use them on practice bot.
- bring all those COTS items under R35 plus upto 40lbs addtional R36 items to reassemble the robot at competition.
The examples provided in R24 are very helpful. I would find it helpful if your elaboration include similar example to the following:
Q1: Rover wheels are a COTS item, so we can ship our Robot without wheels,
and bring the wheels under R35, right?
Q2: Does installing KOP sprockets, bearings, spacers, screws onto Rover wheels make them a FABRICATED mechanism, therefore ineligible for R35, unless re-disassembled?
Q3: The CRio, each 9201 & 9403 module, each analog bumper, each DB37 cable, each Jaguar, each Spike, etc from the KOP is a COTS (or exact KOPS replacement item for itself), so R35 applies to them in unassembled form, but not in assembled form, right?
Q4: An unassembled Toughbox in its original shipping pouch would presumably be a R35 COTS item. Would it still be R35 COTS if it was assembled per std drawings?


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