Rapid Relay skills vs teamwork robot size?

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Question?

I have a team that has created a strategy/design but they have change the dimensions of their robot during skills and would like to have a different look during teamwork. During Skills they have added an extra set of wheels on each side of their robot to increase friction/drag on either side of their robot(this allows them to stay straight/er) but this adds 20 inches to the width/length of their robot.
During teamwork they snap off the two extra wheels on either side of the robot so they are not in the way during the teamwork match. Is this allowed?

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Just as long as you communicate with the refs, and it is in the legal size requirement; yes this is legal.

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Here are two images. One image is the added beams to increase the width of the drivebase. No modifications to the drive system motors or removal is required. Second picture is of one side without the added beams with tires. Would these be allowable changes without violating the following:
One Robot per Team. Only one (1) Robot will be allowed to participate per Team at a given event. Though it is expected that Teams will make changes to their Robots at the event, a Team is limited to only one (1) Robot, and a given Robot may only be used by one (1) Team. The VEX IQ system is intended to be a mobile robotics design platform. As such, a VEX IQ Robotics Competition Robot, for the purposes of the VEX IQ Robotics Competition, has the following subsystems:

  • Subsystem 1: Mobile robotic base including wheels, tracks, 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 VEX IQ legal battery, a VEX IQ control system, and associated Smart Motors for the mobile robotic base.
  • Subsystem 3: Additional mechanisms (and associated Smart Motors) that allow manipulation of Balls or navigation/manipulation of Field Elements.

Given the above definitions, a minimum Robot for use in any VEX IQ Robotics Competition event (including Skills Challenges) must consist of subsystems 1 and 2 above. Thus, if you are swapping out an entire subsystem 1 or 2, you have now created a second Robot and are no longer legal.

  1. Teams may not compete with one Robot while a second is being modified or assembled at a competition.
  2. Teams may not have an assembled second Robot on hand at a competition that is used to repair or swap parts with the first Robot.
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Yes, that is legal.

Notice the word “entire” You are only adding components to help navigate the field, not changing an entire subsystem.

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