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Official Q&A: VEX V5 Robotics Competition 2025-2026: Push Back

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2882: SG11 Major Violation Clarification of "Intentional"

Christopher Smith
28-Oct-2025

<SG11>

  1. If a robot intentionally drives into an opposing team's parking zone prior to the 20 second protected period and remains stuck within the parking zone, is this considered "intentional" in all cases? Thus resulting in a Major Violation and disqualification of the match for that team?
  2. Must the robot(s) entitled to park in their parking zone make an attempt to park in order to be granted Match Affecting points?
  3. If so, what represents and attempt to park? If they are in route and never touch the zone while an opposing robot is in the protected area is this still a Match Affecting adjustment of points? Or, must they actually attempt to touch of push the opposing robot out of their parking zone?
  4. If there is no clear indication that a team is attempting to park does the alliance color with the opposition's robot in their zone receive a single park bonus or double park bonus? The opposing robot within the park zone would have prevented both from parking if they tried.
SG11  
Answered by committee
30-Oct-2025

Thanks for your questions, Christopher!

To begin, your questions are phrased in a way that makes us think you're suggesting that a Team be awarded actual points for "what might have happened" when considering whether or not a Violation was Match Affecting. As described in Clause E of rule <SC1>, "Point considerations used to determine whether a Violation is Match Affecting (e.g., specified in Violation Notes) should NOT be added to or deducted from the actual score, and points scored during a Violation should not be deducted from a score."

To address your specific scenarios:

  1. Intentionally driving into an opponent's Park Zone doesn't always mean the Robot has stayed there intentionally. If a Robot is legitimately stuck, it's likely not intentional and should be a Minor Violation if not Match Affecting. If they make no effort to leave, it's likely intentional and a Major Violation.
  2. If a Robot makes no attempt to Park in their blocked Park Zone, the Violation should not be considered Match Affecting.
  3. If the Robot makes a reasonable attempt to Park in their blocked Park Zone (i.e., stops playing other parts of the game and focuses on an attempt to Park), the Head Referee should consider whether the outcome of the Match would have changed if that Robot had successfully Parked. A simple bump or touch while continuing to play other parts of the game is not a reasonable Parking attempt.
  4. If both Robots are making reasonable attempts to Park in their blocked Park Zone ((i.e., both Robots stop playing other parts of the game and both Robots focus on attempts to Park), the Head Referee should consider whether the outcome of the Match would have changed if both Robots had successfully Parked.