Unofficial: Sizing Rules

[B-Kinney]

OP: “Sizing Rules”

Our robot scrapes the edge of the sizing tool used in competitions, but still gets through. PA regionals is on Saturday, so would our robot fit through inspection?

Thanks in advance.

@ChampionEevee:

Based on rule <R4a>, the robot would not be allowed to scrape the edge of the sizing tool:

a. During inspections, robots will be measured in one of two ways
i. Robots will be placed into a “sizing box” which has interior dimensions matching the above size constraints. To pass inspection, a robot must fit within the box without touching the box walls or ceiling.
ii. Robots will be sized using a VEX Robotics Competition Robot Sizing Tool. Robots will be placed on a flat surface and must not touch the measurement slide as it is passed over the surface. Please see http://www.vexrobotics.com/vex/products/competitionproducts/vrc-products/276-2086.html for a visual reference.

(Emphasis mine.)

You’re welcome.

In the future, I would recommend that you search the game manual and Q&A summary before asking a question in the official Q&A. (You could also search the Q&A section of the forum, in which case using Google might work better than the forum’s search bar.)

[Pancakes]

Sometimes when it looks like its touching, as long as they can slide a piece of paper through it, it is allowed.

[ChampionEevee]

OP: “Sizing Rules”

@ChampionEevee:

Based on rule <R4a>, the robot would not be allowed to scrape the edge of the sizing tool:

(Emphasis mine.)

You’re welcome.

In the future, I would recommend that you search the game manual and Q&A summary before asking a question in the official Q&A. (You could also search the Q&A section of the forum, in which case using Google might work better than the forum’s search bar.)

I would just like to say, the reason I asked officially is that some competitions have separate rules, like I’ve heard some teams have had to change the robot by half a centimeter because of it slightly touching the sizing tool. Because it may vary, I wanted to ask officially because I am very unsure which is correct or not.