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Teams may use commercially available fastener hardware on their Robot. Examples include (but are not limited to):
• Screws, nuts, rivets, and heatset inserts.
• Hinges, pins, rod ends, threaded rods, and hose clamps.
• Ancillary fastener accessories, such as washers or spacers.
• Adhesives such as epoxy, glue, or tape (only when used to join together two parts). If the primary function of the part is not “fastening”, then <VUR5>, <VUR6>, and/or <VUR7> take precedence over this rule. Illegal examples include (but are not limited to):
• A prefabricated non-VEX wheel, even though it may technically connect tread to a shaft
• 80/20 extrusion; other items get “fastened to it”, it is not the part doing the “fastening”
• Using grip tape to improve wheel traction

Significant Q&As:
• Q&A 2649 - Primary function should be determined by the part’s use on the Robot
• Q&A 2703 - Brackets, shaft hubs, and shaft collars aren’t fasteners; the screws used to hold them on are fasteners

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