Answered: Forklift Robots?

[ZIM]

I was just wondering before i would even start to think on how to build this robot, but would it be considered legal to somehow forklift a robot off the ground not causing really any entanglement, preventing it from being able to drive and score?

[Karthik]

@ZIM

I was just wondering before i would even start to think on how to build this robot, but would it be considered legal to somehow forklift a robot off the ground not causing really any entanglement, preventing it from being able to drive and score?

There are implementations of this idea that could possibly legal, but extremely unlikely considering rules G11 and R3b and R3c, all of which are quoted below.

@G11 from the VEX Round Up Game Manual

<G11> Strategies aimed solely at the destruction, damage, tipping over, or entanglement of robots are not in the spirit of the VEX Competition and are not allowed. However, VEX Round Up is an interactive game. Some incidental tipping, entanglement, and damage may occur as a part of normal game play. If the tipping, entanglement, or damage is ruled to be intentional, the offending team may be disqualified from that match. Repeated offenses could result in a team being disqualified from the remainder of the competition.

@R3 from the VEX Round Up Game Manual

<R3> The following types of mechanisms and components are NOT allowed:
a. Those that could potentially damage playing field components.
b. Those that could potentially damage other competing robots.
c. Those that pose an unnecessary risk of entanglement.