A brand tutorial new series, “Vex IQ Tutorials Vol. 1” will be posted on our YouTube Channel. There will be six episodes posted this season for volume 1, including:
October 1st: Gear Ratio Tutorial November 1st: Drivetrain Tutorial December 1st: Pneumatics Tutorial January 1st: All About PTOs (New Years Edition) February 1st: Intake Tutorial March 1st:AUDIENCE CHOICE
We have also created a trailer for these episodes:
Once the Match begins, Robots may expand vertically beyond the
18” starting size limit within the following criteria:
a. No part of the Robot may exceed an overall height of 22” at any point during the Match (must always
be able to fit within a hypothetical 22”x22”x22” cubic sizing box).
Prior to the start of each Match, each Preload must be
placed such that it meets all of the following criteria:
a. Contacting one Robot of the same Alliance color as the Preload.
b. Not contacting the same Robot as another Preload.
c. Not contacting or within the volume of a Goal or Loader.
Note: If a Robot is not present for their Match, then that Robot’s Preload may be used as a Match
Load in accordance with .
I know this is a little nitpicky, but it would literally take 5 seconds to find the topic with the correct rules.
Additionally (sorry mods for making these 2 posts instead of one), Ben Lipper does not provide robots for holecounting. I have apologized for any derogatory statements that I have said, but I didn’t delete the post so that people reading the post in the future would have the context necessary to read some of the thread. He also made a point to emphasize that his robots are for inspiration, not copying, in his last video. He deserves credit for going to the trouble of getting his videos approved and consistently stating that his robots are not for holecounting. I don’t think he was a very good example for you to put here, but that is just my opinion.
At the beginning of this topic, there was a whole argument about this, and the outcome was that Ben Lipper did not intend to allow holecounting. This was decided when his brother, @FRC973, confirmed it.
Personally, I think you should do a guide on motor sharing/Ratchets. I think this video is great, but if people are going to watch the whole series of videos, you want it to be complete, and Ratchets are super useful to know about.
Our first tutorial, Gear Ratios, will be premiered to release on YouTube on October 1st, 2025 at 12:00 PM.
We are still looking for more tutorial ideas for the March 1st final tutorial. If you have ideas, I’d love to hear them. Right now, we have ideas such as “scoring blocks in goals,” “lifts” and an add on to our PTO episode (ratchet motor sharing). However, we still need more! Be sure to watch out for our next tutorials.
Do you discuss compound gearing? My son’s favorite part of any build is doing the gearing. He built a 6:1 compound gear for his team’s lifting arm this season because the 5:1 from the 12 tooth driving the 60 tooth was not as reliable over the course of several minutes as his team wanted, and the lifting arm in question is easier to use precisely with the slower gearing anyhow. The motors still get hot, but will last a whole competition now. Not having a 72 or 84-tooth gear meant he had build a compound gear system. It turned out to be compact and functions well. A whole notebook page is dedicated to it.
It’s that time again! I apologize for the messed up audio in the last tutorial. I realized my editor multiplied the sound by 2500%… (not to blame him or anything, he still did a great job).
On December 1st, 2025 at 12:00PM our tutorial on pneumatics will be released here.
We still need recommendations for our March 1st tutorial. Reply to this post if you have any.
