R301       *COTS MECHANISMS are legal but have limits. COTS MAJOR MECHANISMS (as defined in I301) purposefully designed to complete a game task are prohibited. Allowed exceptions to this rule are:

R501       *Allowable motors. The only allowed motor actuators are:

R503       *ROBOTS are limited to a total of 8 motors and 10 servos. A ROBOT may not have more than 8 motors and 10 servos from the allowable actuator lists per R501 and R502 for all MECHANISMS used in all configurations.

I301          *It is your team’s ROBOT. The ROBOT and its MAJOR MECHANISMS must be built by the FIRST Tech Challenge team that has registered for the event and intends to use the ROBOT to participate in MATCHES or as part of judged awards.