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Usage Guidelines All Questions

43: VUR9 And VRC License Plate Identification Letters


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7-Aug-2018

VUR9 states: “Teams must display their team identification letters (e.g. “IFI”, “ABCD”) in two visible locations on opposing sides of the Robot. The team identification letters in total must be legible to head referees or other participants, at least 2” high and 3” wide. The identification must also clearly display which alliance color the Robots belong to in that Match (i.e. red or blue).”

The rule specifically states “The team identification letters in total must be legible to head referees or other participants, at least 2” high and 3” wide.” However, on a standard VRC License Plate Kit, the identification letters are not 2” high. The identification letters are also less than 3” wide unless the name is 5 characters long.

Image showing size of identification letters.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UKJ_ZVhDN66cmmonAM1FcEdjQNC7ruuV/view?usp=sharing

Under this rule, are the VRC license plate identification letters illegal in VEX U?

Answered by Game Design Committee

This was addressed in the August 17th Game Manual Update:

<VUR9> Teams must display their team identification letters (e.g. “IFI”, “ABCD”) in two visible locations on opposing sides of the Robot, per <R20>. [b]Teams must use the official VEX Robotics License Plate Kit (276-3938) for this identification.[/b] The identification must clearly display which alliance color the Robots belong to in that Match (i.e. red or blue).