Answered: Definition of a Robot

[unclejoe]

So maybe I’m just causing trouble, especially since I might have been the one to cause this rule to be included, but I was wondering if we could get some clarification on <R1>

It is a requirement that a robot have subsystems 1 and 2, which are defined as follows:

Subsystem 1: Mobile robotic base including wheels, tracks, legs, or any other mechanism that allows then robot to navigate the majority of the flat playing field surface.
Subsystem 2: Power and control system that includes a VEX legal battery, a VEX control system, and associated motors for the mobile robotic base.

My question is this: Does the robot necessarily have to move? With several ideas being published concerning robots that use a large arm, rather than a moving frame, is this legal? Or would we have to add one motor onto a wheel so that it could “theoretically” move?

Or could we just be exempted based on the fact that an arm can count as navigation?

Thanks!

[Karthik]

@unclejoe

My question is this: Does the robot necessarily have to move? With several ideas being published concerning robots that use a large arm, rather than a moving frame, is this legal? Or would we have to add one motor onto a wheel so that it could “theoretically” move?

Or could we just be exempted based on the fact that an arm can count as navigation?

The robot does not necessarily have to move. However, whatever base you choose to have must be counted as part of Subsytem 1, and cannot be swapped as per <R1>