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

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In the recent manual update, SG1(f) was changed to state that a robot’s starting position must be “At least partially within the vertical projection of its Alliance-colored Park Zone,” a change from requiring contact with the park zone barriers.

Does “within the vertical projection” still include merely contacting the park zone barrier? If mere contact with the park zone barrier is not sufficient, there can be some close calls where it is hard to determine whether the robot is actually breaking the plane of the park zone (and therefore whether it is “within the vertical projection” if contact alone is not enough). This photo is one example – in this case the wheel and the corner of the drive base c-channel was determined to be just hanging over the outside edge of the park zone and therefore “within the vertical projection” requirement. It's a much simpler call if contact alone is sufficient.

Your clarification of this is appreciated, thanks!