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Official Q&A: VEX V5 Robotics Competition 2025-2026: Push Back
2809: <SG4> Keep Blocks in the Field
If during autonomous a block were to launch out of the top of the loader and land on top the plastic field perimeter and stay. Is that block considered inside the field or outside the field?
If this were to happen during driver control would the answer be different?
Can a team member retrieve the block from the top of the field and use it?
Obviously if it is considered outside the field then during auton it would be a GG13 violation.
Also if it is a violation then it counts as a block leaving the field for any and all SG4 violations in that match.
Hello, John Queen, and thanks for this question!
Because the definition of Field includes the Perimeter, a Block that comes to rest on top of the Perimeter is still inside the Field unless it contacts something outside of the Field (e.g., volunteer, Drive Team Member, field monitor, etc.).
Because this Block is still in the Field, it can't be retrieved by a Drive Team Member. Intentional contact by a Drive Team Member would result in a <GG4> Violation. If this Block later leaves the Field, an <SG4> Violation might be appropriate for the Robot that causes it to leave (the 3rd Violation Note for <SG4> might apply, although <GG16> will still apply and Teams can't force opponents into penalties).
We hope this helps!