Manual

VEX IQ Challenge Crossover – Game Manual

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2016-08-16

Game Definitions

Alliance – A pre-assigned grouping of two (2) Teams that work together in a given Teamwork Match.

Alliance Score – Points scored in a Teamwork Match awarded to both Teams.

Autonomous – A Robot that is operating on its own, without any input from a VEX IQ Controller

Balanced – A Bridge is Balanced if neither end of the Bridge is touching the Floor or is supported by a

Hexball.

Bridge – The 14” x 24” structure of VEX IQ plates that sits 3.25” high off the ground when level. The

Bridge is mounted on a double hinge that allows the Bridge to tip towards either end of the field.

Teams may elect to start the Bridge tipped in either direction or to leave it Balanced. If the Teams

don’t make a decision, it will start the Match Balanced.

Figure 3 & 4 – A Balanced and Unbalanced Bridge

Disqualification – A penalty applied to a Team for a rules violation. A team that is Disqualified in a

Teamwork Match receives zero (0) points. At the head referee’s discretion, repeated violations and

Disqualifications for a single team may lead to its Disqualification for the entire event.

Driver – A Student team member responsible for operating and controlling the Robot.

Driver Skills Match – A Driver Skills Match consists of a sixty (60) second Driver Controlled Period

and only one (1) Robot.

Driver Station – The region behind the Field, where the Drivers must remain during their Match,

unless legally interacting with their Robot.