Preguntas y respuestas oficiales: VEX V5 Robotics Competition 2026-2027: Override
3250: <SC2> Momentary Placed Scoring Object
In the 2.0 manual, SC2 Placed Scoring Object criteria a. A Pin is considered Placed if it meets all of the following criteria: i. The Pin is partially or entirely nested with a Goal, or with a Cup that is partially or entirely nested with another Placed Pin. ii. Each Goal and/or each half of a Cup nested with that Pin contains a maximum of one Pin half. (See Figure SC2-2.) b. A Cup is considered Placed if it meets the following criteria: i. The Cup is partially or entirely nested with a Placed Pin.
It is very common to see a robot holding a pin together with a cup in a claw. The robot tries to put this combination on another pin already in a goal. As they attempt to add these scoring objects, the pin on the goal is partially contained within the inner volume of the Cup. The robot then tries to open the claw, but fails (or is slightly misaligned) as they back away and those scoring objects fall to the tiles, but were at one point breaking an imaginary plane at the opening of a Cup.
Should that be counted as a score/descore and, possibly, match affecting considerations? Or simply just an unsuccessful scoring attempt in this interaction since it only broke the plane momentarily?
You describe a scenario in which a Robot attempts to Place additional Scoring Objects on a neutral Goal, which become momentarily Placed before falling off due to some fault of the Robot (such as misalignment, jerky movement, etc.).
This kind of scenario should be treated as an unsuccessful attempt to Place additional Scoring Objects, not as a removal of Placed Scoring Objects. Although these Scoring Objects were momentarily Placed, applying <SG10> here would be overly punitive and is not the intent of the rule. The next game manual update will include revisions that better reflect our intent for such scenarios.
However, if the Robot also removes any Scoring Objects that were already Placed on the Goal before this attempt, that would still be a Violation of <SG10>.