Answered: Is self lift legal?

[Gameon2546]

I was on youtube and the forums today and found that teams are self lifting their robot. Is this legal?

[Karthik]

I was on youtube and the forums today and found that teams are self lifting their robot. Is this legal?

We ask you to please thoroughly read the VEX Robotics Comeptition Nothing But Net Game Manual and to please review the Q&A Usage Guidelines before posting in this forum. Specifically, please quote the rule or definition that your question is referring to.

High Elevated – A Robot is High Elevated if all of the following criteria are met:

1. It is touching the other Robot on its Alliance
2. The Robot that it is touching (see criteria #1), is entirely within the Climbing Zone
3. It is not touching any Field Elements
   4. The entire Robot is completely above the plane parallel to the foam field tiles, formed by the top of the field perimeter. Touching the field perimeter negates a High Elevation.

For a Robot to be considered Elevated it must be completely above the specified height. Thus it would be impossible for a Robot to “self lift” unless the Robot in question had the ability to fly or levitate.