<R6>
Officially registered Team numbers must be displayed on Robot license plates. To participate in an official VEX V5 Robotics Competition event, a Team must first register on RobotEvents.com and receive a V5RC Team number. This Team number must be displayed on the Robot using license plates. Teams may choose to use the official V5RC License Plate Kit, or may create their own using only legal materials.
• License plates must be placed in fixed locations on exactly two (2) horizontally opposing sides of the Robot and must remain visible, legible, and attached for the entirety of the Match. The top of a Robot is not considered a “side” for these two license plates License plates should be mounted in locations that remain stationary on the Robot during a Match (e.g, not on a rotating intake or flipping manipulator). The function of license plates is to identify Robots for referees, spectators, and other Teams. Identification is harder when a license plate on a Robot moves during a Match.
• License plates must be attached to the Robot using materials that are legal for Robot construction. VEX IQ pins are no longer legal for mounting license plates on Robots.
• Robots may only include license plates that match their Alliance color for the current Match (i.e., red Alliance Robots must have only red plates installed for the Match).
• License plates are considered functional components, and must meet the requirements of all Robot rules.
• Additional license plates cannot be used on the Robot for any purpose.
• Team numbers must be in white font, and clearly legible. Number/letter stickers are legal for use on license plates instead of or in addition to those in the V5RC License Plate Kit.
• Custom license plates used to meet the requirements of <R6a> and <R6f> must be within the following size limits: Height: between 2.0 (50.8mm) and 2.5 inches (63.5mm) Width: between 4.0 (101.6mm) and 4.5 inches (114.3mm) Thickness: up to 0.25” (6.35mm) Imagine the Robot as a cube that’s sitting flat on a flat surface. License plates should be placed onto two (2) opposing faces of that cube (excluding the top and bottom). The intent of this rule is to make it immediately apparent to Head Referees and other event personnel which Alliance and which Team each Robot belongs to, at all times. It will be at the full discretion of the Head Referee and inspector at a given event to determine whether a given custom license plate satisfies the criteria listed in <R6>. Teams wishing to utilize custom plates should be prepared for the possibility of this judgment, and ensure that they are prepared to replace any custom parts with official VEX license plates if requested. Not bringing official replacement plates to an event will not be an acceptable reason for overlooking a Violation of one or more points in <R6>. Teams are encouraged to use an easily-read, sans-serif font (e.g., Arial). If a Robot must be removed from the Field based on this rule, <R3ci> applies and the Team should not be issued a “no-show.”
Figure R6-1: An example of a license plate made from the V5RC License Plate Kit.
Figure R6-2: An example of a legal custom license plate
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