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I102         *Get inspected before playing a Qualification/Playoff Match. A team is only permitted to participate in a Qualification or Playoff Match and receive Ranking or Match Points if their Robot has passed an initial, complete inspection.

Violation: If prior to the start of the Match, the team is Disqualified and not eligible to participate in the Match. If after the start of the Match, the entire Alliance receives a Red Card for that Match.

Please take note of this rule. It is important that FIRST Robotics Competition teams ensure their Alliance partners have passed inspection. Allowing a partner that has not passed inspection to play puts the Alliance at risk of Red Cards. Teams should check with their Alliance partners early and help them pass inspection before competing.

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Rule H102
H102       *Enter only 1 Robot. Each registered FIRST Robotics Competition team may enter only 1 Robot (or “robot,” a robot -like assembly equipped with most of its drive base, i.e. its Major Mechanism that enables it to move around a Field) into a 2023 FIRST Robotics Competition Event.
Rule I106
I106         *Robots are off for inspection (mostly). For the safety of all those involved, Robots, must be presented for inspection with the Robot powered off, pneumatics unpressurized, and springs or other stored energy devices in their lowest potential energy states (e.g. battery removed).
Rule I104
I104         *Unless the change is listed below, any change to a Robot must get re-inspected. A Robot may play Matches with a subset of the Mechanisms that were present during inspection provided the reconfigured Robot still complies with all Robot Construction Rules. Only Mechanisms that were present during the inspection may be added, removed, or reconfigured between Matches without re-inspection per this rule. If a Robot is modified after its most recent passed inspection, it must be re-inspected before it is eligible to participate in a Match. A Robot that plays in a Match with an un-inspected modification may be retro-actively disqualified at the discretion of the LRI and Head Referee.
Rule H305
H305       *Show up to your Matches. Upon each team’s Robot passing initial, complete inspection, the team must send at least 1 member of its drive team to the Arena and participate in each of the team’s assigned Qualification and Playoff Matches.