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

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2389: Autonomous Skills - Scoring After Buzzer


Matthew Williams (Event Partner)
15-Dec-2024

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Per Rule SC1 "It is expected that many Rapid Relay Matches will have last-second “buzzer-beater” moments. The key moment occurs when the timer display shows 0:00. At many events, a buzzer sound will also play at T=0:00; however, the field timer display takes precedence in the event of any audio discrepancies.

If a Ball is released from a Robot before this moment, it will be allowed to finish its path and the score will be calculated once it comes to rest. However, if it is released after this moment (i.e., the Robot was still moving past T=0:00) it will not count and the Team will receive a Violation as described below."

The question we ran into at a recent competition is does SC1 apply in autonomous skills, and if so result in a violation if the ball is shot after the buzzer. In autonomous other robot movements are not expected to stop at the buzzer but instead slightly after as a player gains control of the robot, due to the potential for that robot not being near the player at the 0:00 mark. If there is expectations autonomous would not release a ball after 0:00 are there exceptions no movements should occur after 0:00 in autonomous.

Answered by committee
19-Dec-2024

The question we ran into at a recent competition is does SC1 apply in autonomous skills, and if so result in a violation if the ball is shot after the buzzer.

Rule <SC1> applies in all Matches, including Autonomous Coding Skills Matches. Per the 2nd paragraph in that rule, "Any Scoring which takes place after the Match due to Robots continuing to move will not count toward the score and is a Violation of this rule." Per the Violation Notes in that rule, "Because scoring that happens after the Match is not counted, all Violations of <SC1> should be recorded as Minor Violations."

The additional Violations Notes for <SC1> also apply. The 3rd and any subsequent Violations of this rule will be considered Major Violations and result in Disqualifications (or 0 scores, for Skills Matches) for those Matches.