Source index
The bibliography holds 1,276 entries: 1,251 rows in the main registry and 25 team records cited by the profiles that are not in the merged table. This page shows how they are distributed by group and what each group contributes. The full list, with every identifier, date and original link, is the bibliography.
Key takeaways
- Four entries in five come from the teams themselves. The 1,009 team sources supply the architecture evidence; 93 URC documents supply every limit, ruling, deadline and score.
- The official record is small and decisive. One current rulebook, one Q&A snapshot and five score sheets settle what the competition asks and what the field scored, and all three are also kept as archived copies.
- A source can be cited without endorsing its conclusion. The registry records vendor datasheets, archived pages and documents that were searched for and not found, because a blank result is evidence about the record.
By group
Every entry is filed in one of five groups. The team material dominates by count because a profile needs a team’s own site, report, repository and review film to describe a rover.
| Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Team material | 1,009 |
| News and university | 101 |
| Official URC | 93 |
| Vendor documentation | 63 |
| Archived and other | 10 |
What each group contributes
| Group | What it supplies | Where it carries the argument |
|---|---|---|
| Team material | Team sites, design-review documents, papers, code and review films | Team profiles and every subsystem comparison |
| News and university | University releases, sponsor case studies and competition write-ups | Facts a team does not publish itself, such as a mass in a news item |
| Official URC | Rulebooks, Q&A snapshots, official score sheets and team-info pages | Rules, deadlines, rulings, the census and every score statistic |
| Vendor documentation | Datasheets and product pages | Motor, pack, sensor and radio specifications, with list prices where published |
| Archived and other | Saved pages and archived snapshots | Documents that change or disappear, kept as the version this book cites |
The groups are not equal in weight. A single official document can settle a rule that a hundred team pages only illustrate, and a team’s review film can be the only public account of a suspension that worked.
How a citation resolves
An identifier such as S-URC27-RULES is stable and appears in the same form everywhere it is used. In the text it is a small link that opens its row in the bibliography, which gives the title, author or publisher, date, group and a link to the original document where one exists. Each page also ends with a list of the sources it used, so the evidence for one page can be read without leaving it.
Two related reference systems work the same way. A rule or Q&A reference such as §2.a.ii or RQ11 links to the rules page or the Q&A rulings, and a requirement identifier links to the requirements table. The primary documents themselves, from the 2007 rulebook to the 2027 Q&A snapshot, are kept on the primary documents page.
What the counts do not measure
A source is counted once, by its registry row. A single team page can support many claims, so a team with one excellent review film can outrank a team with a long but shallow site on evidence, and the count alone will not show it. A cited source is not an endorsement either: the registry records what was available, including documents that partly contradict the analysis. The bibliography is the authoritative list, and this page is only its shape.