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Official Q&A: VEX V5 Robotics Competition 2024-2025: High Stakes

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2364: SC8 - Using zip ties to touch ladder for AWP


Dustin Scott
9-Dec-2024

If a team has zip ties sticking off of their robot and they use those zip ties to touch the ladder to meet requirement SC8-4 for AWP does that count as a team touching the ladder?

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Answered by committee
11-Dec-2024

If a team has zip ties sticking off of their robot and they use those zip ties to touch the ladder to meet requirement SC8-4 for AWP does that count as a team touching the ladder?

Yes. A zip tie is a functional, legal Robot component and can be used to contact the Ladder to meet that criteria of the Autonomous Win Point. All zip ties must be either official VEX components or legal replacements that meet the criteria of clause J of rule <R8>, and must fit within the size limits of <SG1>, <SG2>, and <SG3>.