Are students allowed to use a VEX piece to measure spacing when placing their robot on the field for their autonomous program? The piece would be removed from the field before the student presses the “go” button to run their program. This piece is not attached to their robot. Please advise.
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Official Q&A: VIQC 2021-2022: Pitching In
Measuring Tool During Skills
Answered by committee
There are no rules prohibiting this; therefore, it is legal.
However, we would advise Teams to be indful of the blue box in RSC8, if choosing to do so:
In accordance with <G6>, Teams should be mindful of event schedules and set their Robot up as promptly as possible. The definition of “prompt” is at the discretion of the Event Partner and Head Referee, and could depend on things like how much time is left for the Skills Challenge field(s) to be open, how many Teams are waiting in line, etc. As a general guideline, three seconds to calibrate a Gyro Sensor would be acceptable, but three minutes to debug a program would not.