Hello Guys thanks for the help so far. So right now I have a research project, My research topic for VEX Robotics is centered around optimizing the size and weight of VEX robots for competitive competitions. I have chosen this topic because it addresses a critical challenge in our Design. The size and weight of our VEX robots can significantly impact our performance and maneuverability in the competition. By researching this area, we can identify the ideal dimensions and weight distribution that will maximize our robot’s capabilities, improve its agility in navigating the game elements (i.e. Tribals, Elevation Bars, Middle Barrier), and ultimately enhance its chances to succeed in this season. But I am having trouble find sources and need help Thanks
Sounds like a very interesting topic. Bots don’t report size or weight so how are you going to collect your data? How are you going to measure a robot’s success?
In most situations, you have a rough idea of the size of a bot depending on the game and your drivetrain type but if you don’t use CAD then you more or less just make the robot and then reduce weight and size later where possible. In the end weight and size are less important than the core components of a robot that score the points.
Size and weight are more game dependent than team dependent in my opinion.
Last year the field was very open and robots had to reason to elevate in any way therefore robots could be large, and heavy and it wouldn’t affect the robot too much so teams went with the tallest possible to get closer to the high goals.
This year though teams have to elevate and get over the middle bar so their robot has to be light. The field is crowded and they have to get through the climb bar path so their robots have to be small and short.
This year teams also have to elevate so their robot needs to be as light as possible to reduce the force needed to lift.
So my advice is unless you are going to cad your robot first keep smaller size and lower weight in mind when building but focus on perfecting the important scoring aspects of your robot first and worry about weight and size later. Also always take a moment to weigh up the positives and negatives of a weight or size reduction measure as the small memorability improvement could come at a larger cost in points scoring if it interferes with one of the main points scoring parts of the robot.
Hope this helps you decide on a goal and wish you the best of luck in your robot building 
Thinking about changing my topic now I need something that can benefit us as a team and connect to the real world
Bummer, I think this would have been super interesting. Collecting and correlating the data would have been tough.
By other topic I mean one specifically asking teams about robot sizing. This topic doesn’t give any hint that you are looking for data.
Lots of top teams do robot reveals with important specs for their robot like motor counts and climb heights so if you asked I don’t think they would mind giving you something as simple as weight.
The forums seem like a good place to start asking. You could start another topic and see whether people are interested.
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