2026-27 VEX V5 Robotics Competition Game: Override

VEX V5 Robotics Competition V5RC > Override (26/27)
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I really hope not! :smiling_face_with_tear:

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missed that too before i came across that post.

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Guess most of you were too young to remember the collapsing Skyrise towers.

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We got clawbot meta lol

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I pray that colored standoffs are legal but odds are no.

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Dude, why do you want a cheeper, identical, and previously legal option last year to be illeagal.

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OH I thought it said illegal :sweat_smile:

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I hope they reverse r23

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I don’t if this just me but has anyone thought about descore? There may be a one possession limit and you can’t knock towers over but… what if you has a bar of vertical flex wheels spinning and could lift and lower it so you flipped cones and cups off the tower one by one.

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The reason is that some teams were buying third-party magnesium c-channels (stronger and lighter than aluminum), then painting them to make sure that judges couldn’t tell. It isn’t about the AprilTags, and it most certainly isn’t primarily a cash grab.

I don’t necessarily agree with the rule, but some people are getting really conspiratorial about it.

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Really? I just looked it up and you are right, but I had sworn that my club’s sponsor told me otherwise. Still, the point still stands. I don’t necessarily believe that the intentions with the crackdown are ill, but the methods and execution has been harsh and inconsiderate.

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Has anyone gotten an ETA on their field elements kit yet?

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Mine already arrived, but I pre ordered

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@DRow Where can we find the notebook template for Override?

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They’re the same for every season.

https://kb.roboticseducation.org/hc/en-us/articles/8369508470935-VEX-Digital-Notebook-Templates

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I talked to our graphics team, and they said they’re hoping to have those released no later than the end of this week.

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Apparently (I’m not totally sure) there was a chinese company that mas manufacturing titanium C-channel, making teams with them have lighter and stronger bots, and could disguise it by painting over it.

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We also use the robosource color coded stand-offs, particually the 7/8". This is just so we can find them more easily. Given we are not modifying these ourselves, I’m assuming these and the black ones are legal?

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actually, they get updated - minor to be sure for the main template, but the Digital Parts get updated with new parts and game each season.

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But the template has the high stakes field, not the new override one and says 25-26?