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Official Q&A: VRC 2021-2022: Tipping Point

Usage Guidelines All Questions

1094: <SG4> Autonomous - Middle Neutral Goal tipped and contacting opponent home zone


UWAT
11-Mar-2022

<SG4> Stay out of the opponent’s Home Zone during Autonomous. During the Autonomous Period, Robots may not contact the foam tiles, Scoring Objects, Robots, or Platforms which are fully contained in the opposing Alliance Home Zone.

Violations of this rule will result in the Autonomous Bonus being awarded to the opposing Alliance. The opposing Alliance will also receive an Autonomous Win Point, regardless of whether they completed the Autonomous Win Point tasks. Intentional, strategic, or egregious violations, such as intentional contact with an opposing Robot completely within their Alliance Home Zone, will result in a Disqualification.

<SG10> Use Scoring Objects to play the game. Scoring Objects may not be used to accomplish actions that would be otherwise illegal if they were attempted by Robot mechanisms (e.g., Interfering with an opponent’s Autonomous routine per <SG4>.)

During Autonomous, when a robot, attempting to retrieve the middle neutral goal without interaction with any opponent robots, results in the middle neutral goal being tipped and the branches are contacting the opponent home zone's foam tile/tiles, but DOESN'T result in any interference with opponent's Autonomous routine, would SG4 apply and result in opponents being awarded the autonomous bonus and autonomous win point?