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G209      *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 2024 FIRST Robotics Competition Event.

Violation: Verbal warning.

“Entering” a ROBOT (or robot) into a FIRST Robotics Competition means bringing it to or using it at the event such that it’s an aid to your team (e.g. for spare parts, judging material, or for practice).

While “most of its drive base” is a subjective assessment, for the purposes of this rule, an assembly whose drive base is missing all wheels/treads, gearboxes, and belts/chains is not considered a “ROBOT.” If any of those COMPONENTS are incorporated, the assembly is now considered a “ROBOT.”

This rule does not prohibit teams from bringing in ROBOTS from other FIRST programs for the purposes of awards presentations or pit displays.

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