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Official Q&A: VRC 2023-2024: Over Under

Usage Guidelines All Questions

Using Pneumatic Parts from SMC


91028A
29-Sep-2023

I sent in an earlier questions that has disappeared. This Monday I got online to purchase some VEX Pneumatic Kits to find out they were out of stock. I was then referred to the following site indicating that I could purchase SMC pneumatic equivalent components listed.

https://kb.vex.com/hc/en-us/articles/17984679227156-Legal-Pneumatics-for-Use-in-the-VEX-Robotics-Competition-VRC-

However, I was told that I needed to contact the GDC to make sure these parts would be legal.

Please advise.

Thank you.

R7  
Answered by committee
4-Oct-2023

Rule <R7> states the following:

<R7> Certain non-VEX components are allowed. Robots are allowed the following additional “non-VEX” components:

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i. Pneumatic components with identical SMC manufacturer part numbers to those listed on the VEX website. For more detail regarding legal pneumatic components, see the Legal VEX Pneumatics Summary document: https://link.vex.com/docs/2023-2024/vrc-over-under/LegalPneumatics.

The link in this rule redirects to the VEX Library article included in your post; therefore, yes, the parts listed are legal for use. This is also confirmed by the following passage from the article:

Note: This article replaces the “Legal Pneumatic Parts” PDF document that was used previously (prior to the 2023 season), and is considered an official reference for competition legality.