Answered: Low elevation question

[3536BeastMode]

Now in this situation lets say your robot broke and you had no time to fix it for your next qualification round. Now would it be legal to get a piece of metal with a four inch standoff, place the piece of metal above three of the four preloads where the stand off touches the ground, that way it is in a legal starting position, then once driver control starts you put one driver control load to run the stand off up off the ground over the four inch ball meaning all the other team has to do is touch that piece of metal to not knock it over and its low elevated. Is that a legal strategy?

[3536BeastMode]

To clarify what i mean just a bit after re reading it: the piece would be an l-channel so you can put the ball on and it would go over or a plate bent just a bit and the ball would hold the part to touch the ground up.

[Karthik]

To clarify what i mean just a bit after re reading it: the piece would be an l-channel so you can put the ball on and it would go over or a plate bent just a bit and the ball would hold the part to touch the ground up.

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.

This is not a legal strategy. <R1> outlines very specific rules on the modifications of Robots.

<R1> Only one (1) robot will be allowed to compete per team in the VEX Robotics Competition. Though it is expected that teams will make changes to their robot at the competition, a team is limited to only one (1) robot. As such, a VEX robot, for the purposes of the VEX Robotics Competition, has the following subsystems:

Subsystem 1: Mobile robotic base including wheels, tracks, legs, or any other mechanism that allows the robot to navigate the majority of the flat playing field surface. For a stationary robot, the robotic base without wheels would be considered Subsystem 1.
Subsystem 2: Power and control system that includes a VEX legal battery, a VEX control system, and associated motors for the mobile robotic base.
Subsystem 3: Additional mechanisms (and associated motors) that allow manipulation of game objects or navigation of field obstacles.

Given the above definitions, a minimum robot for use in any VEX Robotics Competition event (including skills challenges) must consist of 1 and 2 above. Thus if you are swapping out an entire subsystem of either item 1 or 2, you have now created a second robot and are no longer legal.

a. Teams may not compete with one robot, while a second is being modified or assembled.
b. Teams may not switch back and forth between multiple robots during a competition.

[3536BeastMode]

Ok but would this be legal if you brought your broken robot and did that?

[Karthik]

Ok but would this be legal if you brought your broken robot and did that?

You’ll need to be more specific with your question. If you’re asking if it’s legal to Preload Balls onto your Robot in such a way that they easily can be removed by a partner, the answer is yes.