I know that you already answered a question similar to this one, but I’m still confused. RSC3 states that “Robot Skills Loads may be loaded at any point during a Robot Skills Match.” I know that the word “point” is referring to time, but if that’s the case, then are you only allowed to introduce the match loads onto your robot when it’s on a colored tile?
LaurMidori:
I know that you already answered a question similar to this one, but I’m still confused. RSC3 states that “Robot Skills Loads may be loaded at any point during a Robot Skills Match.” I know that the word “point” is referring to time, but if that’s the case, then are you only allowed to introduce the match loads onto your robot when it’s on a colored tile?
reflects a change in the time restriction on Skills Loads. The location of the loads is the same as in a normal match.
VEX Robotics Competition Starstruck Game Manual:
<SG4> Each Alliance must introduce its Driver Control Load during the Match. The Driver Control Load must be entered into the field with between thirty seconds (0:30) and zero seconds (0:00) remaining in the Match. Driver Control Loads must be either gently placed on a Robot of your own color touching the Alliance Station Alliance Starting Tile or gently entered into the Alliance Station Alliance Starting Tile, by a Student Drive Team Member. The intent of this rule is to allow teams to introduce Cubes into play, but not to impart energy on the Cubes which will cause it to end up in a position outside the Alliance Starting Tile. It is expected that teams may momentarily break the plane of the field while legally introducing Driver Control Loads. Teams should be very mindful of <S1> during this process.