For the expansion rule of 36", it says: " If a Head Referee is uncertain whether a Robot has momentarily expanded beyond this limit, they may ask the Team after the Match to replicate the Robot’s state and check for compliance using a tape measure, VRC Expanded Sizing Tool, or other linear measurin…

You will be fine as long as you can demonstrate that at no time during the match did you ever exceed the 36" limit.

It might be a good idea to have something in the code that prevents this from happening, or vibrates the controller if you reach 35 inches.

Demonstrate as in “I swear we never activate all three mechanisms at once”, or do you have to have your software and/or hardware making sure the three mechanisms never deploy at the same time?

I all of the competitions I have been to during inspection they make sure that you can not expand past 36 inches. If they found that you expand past the limit when extending they failed you immediately. I’m not sure how the worlds inspection would go but I wouldn’t risk it. I suggest fixing your r…

@holbrook is dead on about this. This can be confusing for people coming from IQ where it must be limited either mechanically or through software to be impossible.

Expansion rule

VEX V5 Robotics Competition V5 Tipping Point (21/22)

holbrook April 19, 2022, 2:55pm 7

That… is not what should happen in that situation.

See this thread: