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The way a choo choo mechanism works is that it holds down the catapult, no matter what the rubber band tension is at, and only releases it when you spin it far enough. I'd recommend looking up choo choo mechanisms and building one, then it'll make more sense how it works

I built one from Ben Lipper's photos and it doesnt work Like that. Did you make so if u click a button it spins one Time?

@@flashing_cubing Yes, we have a button that when you push it, it shoots and reloads the choo choo

The brain isn't actually attached to the robot with any pins, it's just sitting on top of some rails in the drivetrain, so to change the battery we just lift up the brain

read the game manual

in autonomous skills the whole match is a rapid load period. so you can put the ball in either starting zone as soon as the match starts

I honestly hadn't thought that far. However I'm pretty sure someone will come up with some genius design to make it not a problem. As of now my best guess is that teams will use vision tracking, since it's really easy to find a big bight yellow game object, but I don't really see that as the ultimate solution Edit: I didn't read the rules like I should have on it until now. You can actually rapid load for the entire auton skills match, so there's no reason to use the loader. So this year's programming skills will be way easier than any previous year.

I would recommend asking this question on the Vex Forum. It is a website you can join.

That's great that you're interesting in IQ! You can register a team here: www.robotevents.com/register/teams?program=VIQRC As for competitions in California, Central California doesn't have too many teams, so there aren't many competitions, but me and my brother Ben Lipper run a bunch of events in LA, and there are many other events there if you're interested. As for actually starting a team, you just need 3 kids interested in robotics, and a kit (which it sounds like you have). Let me know if you have any other questions!

@@Joseph973 why do you need 3?

@@niyin4593 A base vex IQ team requires 2 drivers, so u need 2 people. But this years game involves an extra drive team member that needs to be in the competiton too for matchloading, so you need 3

@@niyin4593 By 3 I'm assuming you mean 3 people. You need 2 drivers and one human player = 3 people.

It is allowed just make sure you aren’t copying. Rather take inspiration by making a catapult with adjustable power and a similar intake. What isn’t okay is the idea of oh he has a 2:1 drivetrain I half to do that.

@@madisoglrobotics i know the rules myself

@@madisoglrobotics I actually also had a idea like this b4 this vid came out but then he posted it, and since he is a high content creator, I am less superior, so I need to ask

The goals are very sensitive to lining up correctly, so it could be useful. However I don't know that it would be useful enough to warrant spending an entire motor on it, since lining up well can be fixed with drive practice

As vex is a student centered program, I can't go around handing out build instructions, not to mention the fact that build instructions or CAD for this robot simply don't exist, so I couldn't give them to you even if I wanted to

Photos on ben lippers video.

How is it less powerful when his can shoot into either the low or high goal

@@questcbecause Mine shoots farther and goes into the low and high goal

@@Vexguy1 not very consistent because his just aligns itself with the wall and then shoots but yours has to be a certain distance from it from what I can tell

@@questcwith driving practice it can be good

@@Vexguy1 yeah but his will always be more consistent

Check out the mechanism at 0:42, it has the rubber bands on a gear

oh ok thank you 😀

I'm sorry we don't see eye to eye on this. My intent is not to break the student centered policy and build robots to be holecounted, but rather to help inspire students and share ideas. If you are concerned about violations of the student centered policy, I'd suggest you focus your efforts on the Chinese black market for IQ robots that they will literally sell you for hundreds of dollars, the Flying Cheese have some videos on it on their channel, and if this is something you're really worried about, I'd suggest you check it out.

They are providing people with knowledge and ideas which is what vex is ultimately about. They aren’t breaking any student centered rules as they aren’t a team nor coaching teams via building there robots. It is your choice to agree with him but he has done a lot for this community and deserves respect. Check out flying cheese if you are worried he should be the least of your priority’s. Iv gotten emails asking for instructions for money.

Maybe with some help from Ben Lipper....

@@Joseph973 details are overated imo

Interesting idea...

@@Joseph973 yeah with passing and everything it does look like a robot capable of passing

Interesting idea ;)

It's called "Just like You" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fpe6uoYxnc4.html

@@Joseph973 Thank you!

What did you input into the calculator?

@@Joseph973 12 goals, 12 passes, 2 clears

if it was 11 goals and 11 passes than it would be 101

@@aasrobotics9198 I'm pretty sure I'm skills you don't get points for the goal when you score, you just get points for the pass. Like if you score 1 goal, that's 8 points (for 2 knocked switches), not 8 points for the pass + 1 points for the goal

@@Joseph973 Thanks

Can you please point out the specific clause in the rule that you think we're violating?

@@Joseph973 SG5 ( page 28 and 29 in book)

@@aminebourass1299 SG5 states: a. No more then 2 balls on the field at a time, human must load the ball b. balls must contact floor inside starting zone before touching a robot c. Ball can't touch a robot and a human at the same time d. Ball must stay in the starting zone to be picked up by a robot e. You can't get passes for rapid loads (N/A for skills) f. Human loader can't touch the floor I'm not seeing which of these are being violated. Please can you be more clear as to which letter in particular is being violated? I do want to play fairly, but I'm also all for pushing the rules to the limit.

@@Joseph973 Read page 29

@@Joseph973 Read page 29 Note 2: Although it is not required, placing the Ball gently down onto the Field without any addi- tional motion is highly recommended. Unorthodox strategies, such as “tossing” or “rolling” the Ball, will not receive any “benefit of the doubt” if the Head Referee cannot clearly confirm that all criteria have been met (especially clauses “B” and “D”).

Before calling someone out on something you think is illegal, I'd kindly recommend you read the game manual, especially the section on robot skills. Any game can look like a lot of cheating if you don't read the manual. As with any sport, reading the rules is essential for knowing how to play. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions after reading the manual

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Incline is goated, it ain’t a cheat

In skills, you kind of automatically get the pass when you score the goal because there's just one robot

For skills it's different, go check out the skills section of the game manual

@@Joseph973 Cool. Thanks for the info. I will go check it out.

This year's loading rules are a bit strange, where do you see the illegal loading?

its not illegal look at the rules for the skills matches

When you build your 6ft long robot, please send me a picture

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@@Joseph973 i'll show you the 30" one in a month

@@Joseph973ok what’s your email my robot I’m building right now is 60 holes long or 32 inches

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It's not explicitly illegal, as in there is no rule against it, but it also doesn't say it is legal. By the logic of the game manual, if it's not explicitly illegal, then it's legal, but that would definitely be something for a qna

<SG6a> (only?) loader may retrieve ball from pickup station <SG4 b> loader must be last human to contact ball before release, and <G11 d> driver may not also be loader. So since loader has to pickup and release ball, throwing would not help, even if not explicitly illegal. Interesting to see what the Q&A says - sure it will be covered one way or another.

@@drhedges1182 Throwing helps because it's faster than running all the way around the field. While that may not be beneficial for this particular robot, once you have 2 elite teams playing together, the score limiting factor will be how fast the humans can load the balls

@@Joseph973 Indeed. Sorry, only just noticed in Skills you can have multiple loaders <RSC4> so throwing is an option for both teamwork and skills.

Since rolling on the ground counts as a pass, you can just spit it out the back (or front), and the other robot can pick it up. It's also really convenient for being on the receiving end of the pass where it can quickly score it in the goal

@@Joseph973 does that actually count as a pass? i thought the ball had to pass through the air

@@ZTGprods I'd highly recommend reading the game manual, especially for this game, and especially the definition of passing. If you still have questions after that, please let me know and I'd be happy to help

Yeah, u can roll it to another team

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