Answered: Size of robot after the match has started

[RocketJumpingOtter]

Rule R4 states:

At the beginning of any match, robots must be smaller than 18” x 18” x 18”.

Does this mean that robots can extend outside of 18x18x18 after the start of the match?

[Karthik]

@RocketJumpingOtter

Does this mean that robots can extend outside of 18x18x18 after the start of the match?

We ask you to please thoroughly read the VEX Robotics Comeptition Starstruck 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 answered directly in the subsequent section of the rule you quoted.

@VEX Robotics Competition Starstruck Game Manual

<R4b> Robots may expand beyond their starting size constraints after the start of a match.

Thus, it is legal.