VEX High Stakes Rules & Regulations

Definitions

100

What is an alliance?

A pre-assigned grouping of two (2) Teams that are paired together during a given Match.

200

What is a field element?

The Field, white tape, Ladder, Wall Stakes, and all supporting structures or accessories (such as Alliance Station posts, field monitors, etc.).

300

What is entanglement?

A Robot status. A Robot is Entangled if it has grabbed, hooked, or attached to an opposing Robot or a Field Element.

400

What are the Drive Team Members?

A Student who stands in the Alliance Station during a Match.

500

What is the autonomous line?

The pair of white tape lines that run across the Field, and the space between those lines.

Robot Regulations

100

How many robots does each team get to use?

One robot

200

What is the maximum starting size of a robot

18" x 18" x 18"?

300

What non-VEX components are allowed?

Decoration

String, rubber bands, zip ties, etc...

Some custom plastic

400

What is the maximum voltage of the motors on each robot?

88 watts

500

What is the network that the robots use called?

VEXnet

Field Setup

100

What is large item in the center of the field called?

The ladder

200

How many Mobile Goal's are on the field?

5

300

What are the requirements for each preload ring?

1. Contacting one Robot of the same Alliance color as the preload.   
2. Not contacting the same Robot as another preload.                
3. Not contacting or encircling a Stake or any other Scoring Objects.

400

How many rings are on the field?

44 + 2 preloads per team (Miller says >150)

500

What are the point values for each elevation on the ladder?

Level 1 - 3 points

Level 2 - 6 points

Level 3 - 12 points

(High Stake adds +2 points for each robot elevation)

General

100

What modifiers can modify the amount of points a stake is worth?

The positive and negative corners

200

Give an example of a major or minor violation

(Any act of breaking a rule in the Game Manual)

300

Give an example of 3 team positions

Driver, Builder, Coder, Designer, Notebooker, etc...

400

What are the qualification for Autonomous Win Point (AWP)

1. At least three (3) Scored Rings                
2. A minimum of two (2) Stakes with at least(1) Ring Scored             
3. Neither Robot contacting / breaking the plane of the Starting Line       
4. At least one (1) Robot contacting the Ladder

500

How far and in what directions can a robot expand

The robot can never exceed 24" x 18"

Vertical expansion cannot pass 2 planes, 32"

Skills

100

Do corner modifiers count in autonomous?

No (However, +5 for being in a corner)

200

How long is each skills match?

60 seconds (1:00)

300

How many of each type of skills (driver or autonomous) is each team allowed per competition?

3 of each

400

In the event of a tie of the total points between Autonomous and Driver skills, what is used as a tiebreaker?

The highest Autonomous Coding Skills Match

500

What are the requirements for Blue Rings to count?

All red rings have been scored

At least one red is scored beneath the blue

Only one blue on each stake

No red rings scored above the blue ring