Q&A

Hello,

In RSC7, it states that "During a Programming Skills Match, Drivers may move freely around the Field". We are wondering if teams can also move freely around the field during a Driver Skills match or at least switch between driving stations? Sometimes it is hard to see the other side of the field when only staying in one driving station.

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RSC7 states "During a Programming Skills Match, Drivers may move freely around the Field, and are not restricted to the Driver Station when not handling their Robot." Can we get clarification on the word around. Does this mean the student can grab the robot to move it, but must walk around the board to the next starting position or can a student walk across the board?

For RSC7 "Handling Robots during a Programming Skills Match". Is the robot allowed to reset to any of the 8 starting positions regardless where the robot started at first place? In such case, team could gain strategic advantage of using this rule for programming skills only.

The rule:

< RSC7 > Handling Robots during a Programming Skills Match. A Team may handle their Robot as many times as desired during a Programming Skills Match. a. Upon handling the Robot, it must be immediately brought back to any legal Starting Position.

My question: A team has a robot with a tether, cord, or a series of connected pieces that would allow them to have their robot on one side of the field with some small part of the robot on the opposite side of the field. Can they reset the bot with a very small part of their bot in the starting position, with the robot on the other side of the field?

There is a similar Q&A (https://events.vex.com/VIQC/2020-2021/QA/707), but all of the pictures have part of the original footprint of the robot in the starting position.

This question was asked and answered, but I need some clarification please.

"G4 839A 2 weeks ago Rule G4 Pre-match setup states that at the beginning of a Match, each Robot must meet the following criteria: 1. Only be contacting the Floor and/or the field perimeter; 2. Fit within an 11” x 19” (279.4mm x 482.6mm) area, bounded by the Starting Positions; 3. Be no taller than 15” from the Floor. Rule R5 restates similar conditions. Rule RSC1 states standard rules apply in most cases. All rules and scoring from previous sections apply to the Skills Matches, unless otherwise specified.

Our understanding of these rules are that the robot must fit within the dimensions specified above at the start of each match in one of the 2 designated starting positions. There are no other rules that states otherwise for autonomous skills matches. However, we were asked to change our autonomous skills routine during our last competition by one of the judges as they stated the robot must fit within the starting dimensions every time we launch a new routine in the starting area. Please clarify if we correctly interpreted that the starting dimensions applies to only the first launch at the beginning of an autonomous skills run or if it in fact applies to all subsequent launches in the starting position.

Answered by Game Design Committee Our understanding of these rules are that the robot must fit within the dimensions specified above at the start of each match in one of the 2 designated starting positions. There are no other rules that states otherwise for autonomous skills matches.

This interpretation is correct.

<RSC7> Handling Robots during a Programming Skills Match. A Team may handle their Robot as many times as desired during a Programming Skills Match. a. Upon handling the Robot, it must be immediately brought back to any legal Starting Position. i. Drivers may reset or adjust the Robot as desired from this position, including pressing buttons on the Robot Brain or activating sensors.

My clarification question; When a team returns their robot to a starting position during a programming skills run, do they have to return it to the 19X11X15 size every time they reset the robot? Or do they have to just have it be the 9X11X15 size the first time they are in the starting position at the start of the match? If they do not have to return to the 19X11X15 size, are all of these positions (A-D, see image) legal when resetting the robot during a robot skills match?

In previous seasons, teams commonly started their Autonomous Coding Skills program by pressing a touch sensor (such as a Bumper Switch) mounted on the robot, with the program waiting on that input before moving.

<RSC7> states that Drive Team Members “cannot manually trigger sensors (including the Vision Sensor) in any way, even without touching them.”

Does <RSC7> prohibit a Drive Team Member from pressing a touch sensor on the robot to start the program at the beginning of an Autonomous Coding Skills Match? If so, is starting the program from the Brain’s screen the expected method, and is that considered a permitted human interaction under <RSC7>?

Thank you for the clarification.

<RSC7>

<RSC7> Rule <RSC7> states that each Mobile Goal Placed in a Corner will receive 5 points. Rule <SC5> still applies, but rule <SC5> doesn't state that there has to be a ring scored on the Mobile Goal for it to count as Placed in a Corner. My question is: will you receive 5 points for a Mobile Goal when it is Placed in a Corner even if there are no rings scored or if there is only a blue ring scored on the stake? All of this is during a skills match.

I have a question about statement a.i. in RSC7 "Drivers may reset or adjust the Robot as desired from this position, including pressing buttons on the Robot Brain or activating sensors." Does the word "reset" refer to only the physical robot, or are teams also allowed to reset their program, choose different programs, etc during an official programming skills run?

Thank you,