I was just wondering if it is legal to make a case that solely surrounds and protects the vex yaw rate gyroscope sensor. I also was wondering if i could 3D print this piece. I am not sure if this rule helps:
<R7> Robots are allowed the following additional “non-VEX” components:
d. Teams may add non-functional decorations provided that these do not affect the robot performance in any significant way or affect the outcome of the match.
I am new so please tell me if this is in the wrong place.
An admin will probably move it the official Q and A and delete this.
Karthik is going to say that this is serving a purpose and thus not allowed under R7.
The real question is if he will make special allowances for it being to protect the gyro.(I doubt it but possible) I would just suggest using vex metal or lexan for this purpose.
This is indeed the wrong place; probably should have been posted in the Official Toss Up Q&A, but I’m not sure you need to post as this question is pretty similar and implies that such a thing would probably be illegal.
I agree that the Gyro should probably have a case, but if you mount it inside the robot you probably won’t have any issues. We’ve never had one break, although to be fair we don’t use them much.
What is to protect? Our gyro gets battered on a regular basis (every time we end up on top of a bucky) and has suffered no damage. The gyro and accelerometer are almost indestructible and are by far the most durable sensors we have used.
I broke two (they stopped returning data) this year because of our design. They are far from indestructible. I had to take them off because they just kept dying and the cost started to build up.