Answered: [VEX U] Old college Q&A updates..!

[Karthik]

Please note that the following response is only applicable for VEX U.

@cody

A. I want to make sure this is still the ruling.

Yes, that ruling applies for the VEX Toss Up season.

Yes, this ruling still applies as well.

@cody

B. Assuming an enclosure is used solely to house (IE protect) a sensor or co-processor AND to mount ONLY that sensor or co-processor to a legal structural part of the robot, would it be allowed (and obviously not count as part of the additional material, because that is already allowed)?

Yes, this would be legal.

@cody

C. Like take the example of a USB camera that comes with a plastic housing, is this part still legal or must the housing be removed?

The plastic housing would be legal, with the prior stated caveats. We don’t want teams using additional sensors with the sole purpose of using housings as a way of obtaining extra materials for structural components.

@cody

D. Now take a custom made sensor or co-processor that does not come with a enclosure, but should probably have one to protect it. Take the Raspberry Pi for example. Would creating an enclosure to both protect the sensor AND mount JUST THE SENSOR to the robot be legal?

(this is basically the same as the sensor coming with an enclosure and should probably have the same ruling either way, I just want it in writing).

Yes this would be legal, as the housing would be considered an integral component to the sensor.