Autonomous Programming skills - resetting the robot

VEX IQ Robotics Competition Discussion VIQRC Rapid Relay (2024-2025 Game)
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Hello, does anyone have any clarity on these questions please:

  1. During Autonomous programming skills, we can stop the robot anytime and physically bring it back to a legal starting position. Does this mean a ball can also be put inside the robot in this starting position just like in the start of the whole match? (if there are less than 2 balls on the field at that time because theyre with a human loader off the field?)

  2. If there is a ball on the field (due to a failed shot attempt) and it is blocking the robot from aligning with the goal - can this ball be taken out and brought to the rapid load zone, or is it going to be stuck in that area forever if the robot is not programmed to do this task?

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To answer No. 1, Yes, your robot can be reset, but the timer will not stop, thus your ball must be removed from the robot.

For no.2, The ball cannot be touched by hand.

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For #2, it says in this Q&A: Balls In The Field After Robot Reset- Autonomous Match : Robot Events

Answered by committee

31-Oct-2024

When a Robot is reset in an Autonomous Coding Skills Match as described in rule , every Ball should be collected and handed to a Loader, regardless of its current location. Balls can then be returned to the Field through the Loading Station or as Rapid Loads, with a maximum of 2 Balls “in play” at any one time.

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for #1 this is the answer: Skills autonomous - resting robot and the balls : Robot Events