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Official Q&A: VEX IQ Robotics Competition 2024-2025: Rapid Relay

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2141: Question about Auto Part for skills challenges


9933E
19-Sep-2024

<RSC8> First, does the robot have to touch the inner wall of the field at the beginning of the competition? Second, after the team member touches the robot, must the robot retouch the inner wall of the external wall of the site again? Or the robot can be placed directly in the Zone 2?

Answered by committee
19-Sep-2024

Yes, the Robot has to meet criteria A & B of rule <SG1> at the beginning of every Match and after every use of rules <G10> and/or <RSC8> to legally reset the Robot during a Match. This includes contacting the inside of the Field Perimeter wall.