Quick question

[Connor]

So umm… if I switch from V4 to V5 in the middle of a competition, would I be bringing a seperate robot?

[_7682]

If you just switched to controller then perhaps it might be considered legal. However in reality you mean changing all the motors from 393’s to V5 smart motors too so that’s really a complete subsystem 2 change and thus illegal. Why would you even consider doing this?

[lacsap]

During a single competition event - swapping in V5 Robot Brain, V5 Battery, and V5 motors on drive train you have violated <R1> by swapping out entirety of subsystem 2.

<R1> Only one (1) robot will be allowed to compete per team in the VEX Robotics Competition. Though it is expected that teams will make changes to their robot at the competition, a team is limited to only one (1) robot. As such, a VEX robot, for the purposes of the VEX Robotics Competition, has the following subsystems:
Subsystem 1: Mobile robotic base including wheels, tracks, legs, or any other mechanism that allows the robot to navigate the majority of the flat playing field surface. For a stationary robot, the robotic base without wheels would be considered Subsystem 1.
Subsystem 2: Power and control system that includes a legal VEX battery, a legal VEX control system, and associated motors for the mobile robotic base.
Subsystem 3: Additional mechanisms (and associated motors) that allow manipulation of game objects or navigation of field obstacles.
Given the above definitions, a minimum robot for use in any VEX Robotics Competition event (including Skills Challenges) must consist of 1 and 2 above. Thus, if you are swapping out an entire subsystem of either item 1 or 2, you have now created a second robot and are no longer legal.

You probably can swap it out for another event.

[Connor]

Hmmm… So if I had V4, after a competition I could switch to V5 and hand the robot to another team for a competition that they would compete in. After the competition they would then switch back to V4 to hand it to another team, and then that team would switch to V5 and hand it to an additional team.

lol exploits xD

[lacsap]

@[TVA

Connor]So if I had V4, after a competition I could switch to V5 and hand the robot to another team for a competition that they would compete in.

Absolutely not. Plate switching is explicitly prohibited. In this scenario you say “hand the robot to another team” and that is the infraction of the rules. See <R1> Note C.