At this point, there are no plans to modify <VUR4> and allow VEX U teams to use Cortex microcontrollers in official VEX U tournaments.
The REC Foundation, VEX Robotics, and the GDC have been working closely together to ensure that VEX U teams are supported as best as possible this season. Orders for VEX U teams are being expedited when possible, to ensure that currently registered teams have time to get their V5 equipment before official qualifying tournaments. Based on this data and monitoring, the VEX sales team and the REC Foundation Regional Support network are confident that the majority of currently registered VEX U teams have either received equipment, or have orders placed that will be fulfilled soon.
To modify this rule would be to change one of the most significant design constraints that all VEX U teams have worked within thus far. We acknowledge that the V5 rollout delays translated into build season delays for many VEX U teams, but these were delays and constraints that impacted all VEX U teams; to lift the restriction would be to cast aside the efforts of the teams that worked within this constraint to learn a new coding language, prototype without microcontrollers that were traded in, or in some cases delay starting their season as a whole.
VEX U teams who have not yet placed an order are an exception to the V5 ordering freeze, and can place an order by contacting [email protected]. VEX U teams who have placed an order but not yet received it should notify their REC Foundation Regional Support Manager or [email protected] to ensure that their order is prioritized accordingly.