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Official Q&A: VEX IQ Robotics Competition 2025-2026: Mix & Match
2994: <SC8> Clarification for direct contact with two or more scoring objects
<SC8> A Robot will receive 2 points for ending the Match in contact with Scoring Objects in the following scenarios:
Can you please clarify the meaning of "direct" contact, for instance if a robot has an intake system that holds multiple scoring objects at a time, and said robot contains at least two scoring objects within its structure will this count toward the two points, or do scoring objects need to be located outside the robot structure and located in the field in order to be counted for this scoring item.
"Directly contacting" means the Robot is contacting the Scoring Objects with some part of itself (not contacting something else that is contacting the Scoring Objects). Any part(s) of the Robot can be used to meet this requirement, and the Scoring Objects can be inside and/or outside of the Robot.
In a very simple but similar non-robot example, if you're holding two chocolate chip cookies you're directly contacting those cookies. If you eat one of them, you're still directly contacting both cookies. :)