R302       *MAJOR MECHANISM, from this year only. MAJOR MECHANISMS, as defined in I101, created before Kickoff are not permitted.

R304       *During an event, only work during pit hours. During an event a team is attending (regardless of whether the team is physically at the event location), the team may neither work on nor practice with their ROBOT or ROBOT elements outside of the hours that pits are open, with the following exceptions:

I101          *It’s your team’s ROBOT. The ROBOT and its MAJOR MECHANISMS must be built by the FIRST Robotics Competition team.

I105          *Don’t exploit re-inspection. Teams may not use the re-inspection process in I104 to circumvent the weight limit in I103.