Any release date on the new sensors?

[OscarMNOVA12]

So I keep tabs on the Whats New Page for VEX V5 products. I see for the V5 Optical Sensor, V5 Rotation Sensor, and V5 Distance sensor it still has an availability of Q3 2020, but I’ve heard nothing about a release date. Is that release date happening anytime soon? Thanks

[Joe5956C]

Aren’t those sensors only for AI?

[Robotnerd]

Nope, they are under the VRC tab on the coming soon page.

[Joe5956C]

Well ok then. That changes things a little

[invalidflaw]

In my experience with V5, vex keeps everything a secret up until the actual release announcement. The website announcing products and quarters is the closest thing we have to an actual release date. I suspect they do it this way after the painful V5 launch, where pushing to a set day lead to severe shortages.

[Joe5956C]

And in vex fashion when they do release them there will be little to no info although at least the sensors look really useful though

[1408F]

This quarter ends on the 30th of September, so it will probably be in the next 2-3 weeks.

[OscarMNOVA12]

I mean the 30th or the end of the quarter is literally… next week Wednesday.

[DRow]

New Products - September 2020

Per the Coming Soon page, the V5 Distance Sensor and V5 Optical Sensor are now available to purchase from the US VEX Website (Availability varies for international sites). They can be found here: Unfortunately, there’s been a slight shipping delay for the V5 Rotation Sensor that will cause it to miss its estimated availability of Q3. However, we still expect to receive our stock of those in the next few weeks, and for those to be available by the end of October. The Coming Soon page has b…