Answered: Robot Flipping

[MGOD]

If a robot flips during any part of the match, if we can manage to maneuver ourselves back to the blue or red starting square, would we be able to use human aid to flip the robot right-side up again?

I’m not sure if you’re allowed to bring the robot off the mat during any time of the match. If you aren’t, are you allowed to flip it back up as long as part of it is touching the mat?

[MGOD]

Could any Vex person answer this question for me?

[Karthik]

If a robot flips during any part of the match, if we can manage to maneuver ourselves back to the blue or red starting square, would we be able to use human aid to flip the robot right-side up again?

I’m not sure if you’re allowed to bring the robot off the mat during any time of the match. If you aren’t, are you allowed to flip it back up as long as part of it is touching the mat?

This would be allowed during the Autonomous Period as it would be considered “reorienting” as per <SG5>, quoted below, from the VEX Gateway Manual

<SG5> During the Autonomous Period, Drivers and Coaches may handle their own Robot while the Robot is in contact with their own Alliance Starting Tile. During contact with the Robot, the Drivers or Coaches may not intentionally manipulate or modify the position of any Scoring Objects (aside from any which are being loaded into the Robot), either by direct hand contact or indirect contact via the Robot. Drivers or Coaches also may not change the configuration of the Robot other than in the act of fixing the Robot (i.e. it is okay to reposition the robot relative to the field, but it is not okay to manually lift up the Robot’s arm).

The intent of this rule is to allow teams to fix Robots that are unable to move, to load Match Loads into the Robot, to reposition and/or reorient Robots, and to activate additional autonomous modes by
interacting with the Robot via sensors or buttons.

The intent of this rule is not to allow teams to manipulate their Robot in such a way that they are controlling the Robot via human contact or creating motions that lead to scoring.

However, this would not be allowed during the Driver Controlled Period as contact with the Robot is only allowed if the *Robot *has never left the Alliance Starting Tile, as per <SG6>.

<SG6> During the Driver Controlled Period, Drivers and Coaches may handle their own Robot as long as the robot has never left the Alliance Starting Tile. The intent of this rule is to allow teams to fix Robots which were unable to move at the start of the Match.
Note: During the handling specified in <SG5> And <SG6> robots may be repositioned, but must be returned to a valid starting position as per <SG1> within the same zone.