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The Q&A is closed for the 2021-2022 season. Any rule changes or clarifications pertaining to the 2022 VEX Robotics World Championship will be included in the April 5 Game Manual Update. Teams attending VEX Worlds who wish to pre-submit questions for the driver's meeting should have received a contact form via email; if not, please contact your REC Foundation Team Engagement Manager for more information.

Official Q&A: VIQC 2021-2022: Pitching In

Usage Guidelines All Questions

Can the sizing requirements rotate with the bot?


David Sankey (Event Partner)
25-Jul-2021

The rule in question is G5:

G5 Expansion is limited during a Match. During the Match, Robots may not expand beyond the following restrictions: a. Horizontally, beyond an 11” x 19” (279.4mm x 482.6mm) area. b. Vertically, beyond 19” (482.6mm) high. This is the same height as the top of the teal T-shaped VEX IQ parts in the center of the Field. This expansion limit does not require that the Robot stay in the same configuration as it was when it began the Match. It simply means that, at any given moment during the Match, it should be able to fit within an 11” x 19” x 19” (279.4mm x 482.6mm x 482.6mm) rectangular prism. Robots will be tested for compliance with this rule, alongside rule R6, during inspection.

Is height always measured perpendicular to the field? Or, can the 11x19x19 rectangular prism twist with the robot if it attempts to switch its length and height?

G5  
Answered by committee

Is height always measured perpendicular to the field? Or, can the 11x19x19 rectangular prism twist with the robot if it attempts to switch its length and height?

Height should always be measured perpendicular to the field.

The "blue box" in rule G5 states the following:

The intent of testing compliance with this rule during inspection is to reduce the need for judgment calls during a Match. The 19” height restriction is not a “virtual ceiling”; for example, it is legal for a portion of the Robot to extend beyond the T-shaped VEX IQ markers while Hanging, so long as it never momentarily extends beyond 19” along the way. If a Head Referee is unsure of a Robot’s compliance with this rule, they may request a field-side height check for the configuration that was seen momentarily during the Match.

A more verbose way of clarifying the bolded portion would be as follows:

"...so long as a measurement taken from the "top" of the Robot to the "bottom" of the Robot never exceeds 19", where "top" and "bottom" represent the portions of the Robot which are farthest from and nearest to the Floor, respectively."