Answered: Vexplorer Wheels in NBN

[railrhodes]

RULE R5 c. Products from VEXpro, VEX IQ, or VEX Robotics by Hexbug product line cannot be used. RULE 10 b. … Electronics from … are prohibited including VEXplorer.
VEXplorer is not mentioned in R5 and and when it is mentioned, R10 references electronics.
Are Vexplorer wheels 276-2213 allowed to be used in Nothing But Net?
Is there an official listing of VEX items current and obsolete that are allowed in N-B-N?

[Karthik]

Are Vexplorer wheels 276-2213 allowed to be used in Nothing But Net?

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.

There’s actually a specific rule that deals with discontinued parts such as the VEXplorer wheels.

<R5> Robots may be built ONLY from Official Robot Components from the VEX Robotics Design System unless otherwise specifically noted within these rules.

a. During inspections if there is a question about whether something is an official VEX component, a team will be required to provide documentation to an inspector, which proves the component’s source. Such types of documentation include receipts, part numbers, or other printed documentation.

d. Official Robotics Components from the VEX Robotics Design System which have been discontinued are still legal for competition use. However teams must be cognizant of <R5a>.

Thus, the VEXplorer wheels are legal.

Is there an official listing of VEX items current and obsolete that are allowed in N-B-N?

As we have mentioned to you in the past (see below), the official list legal parts is the collection of products on vexrobotics.com. When it comes to discontinued items, teams should be very away of <R5a> which is quoted above.

https://vexforum.com/showthread.php?p=358279#post358279
https://vexforum.com/showthread.php?p=303334#post303334