Robotics Education & Competition Foundation
Inspiring students, one robot at a time.

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

Usage Guidelines All Questions

2193: Rapid Relay Autonomous - ball on field


13155U
14-Oct-2024

What happens in autonomous if you try to score, hit the Goal Wall but miss, and the ball ends up in the middle of the field.?

Assuming robot cannot find the ball with autonomous code, is the ball lost for the rest of that game? Our understanding that a Loader can reach only into the Pickup Zone (after the ball has touched the floor) to retrieve a ball. During autonomous, can a Loader reach into any other part of the field, assuming they don’t touch (or lean on) the field itself to “rescue” a ball, then reload it as per the rules?

Answered by committee
17-Oct-2024

Thank you for your question! Clause Aii of rule <RSC8> will be revised to read as follows in the next game manual update. The following change is effective immediately.

RSC8aii. All Balls must be removed from the Robot and from the Field, and can be returned through the Loading Station or Rapid Loaded.