VEX Robotics Competition Quiz 2023

When can you go in your opponent's offensive zone?

• when both Kai and Ava are in the opposing zone, or when both are in their own offensive zone not touching long barrier

• when 1 student from each team are in both zones

• when both students are in their offensive zone but 1 of them is touching the long barrier

• when both students in 1 team are disabled

Abigail, Zoe, and Charlotte are part of a team in a VEX Robotics Competition Match. They are in the middle of a discussion about the Autonomous Period while preparing their robot for the match. They are comparing it to programming their home's automatic sprinkler system to water the garden at specific times. Can you help them understand what the Autonomous Period is?

• It's like setting the sprinkler system to water the garden at a specific time. It's an exciting 15-second period when their robot will operate based on the commands they have pre-programmed

• It's the time when their robot is controlled by the drive team members, similar to manually turning on the sprinkler system

• It's the time when their robot tries to score as many points as possible, like the sprinkler system trying to cover as much area as possible

• It's the time when their robot is disabled and cannot operate, like the sprinkler system during a power outage

Imagine this scenario: Emma, Ava, and Mia are in the robotics competition and their robot suddenly stops! What happens to their team?

• They are given extra time to fix their model

• They cannot operate for remainder of match

• They are disqualified from the match

• They receive a warning and a deduction of points

Imagine Liam, Michael, and Ava are participating in a local robotics competition at their school. What would it mean if their robot gets 'entangled' during the event?

• It means their robot is disabled and cannot operate

• It means their robot scores a high number of points in a match

• It means their robot is lifted off the ground by another robot

• It means their robot grabs, hooks, or attaches to an opposing robot or field element

Jason, Jamilet, Sebastian, Abigail, Benjamin, and Aiden are part of a robotics club at their school. They have been selected to represent their school in a national robotics competition. Can you guess the time period during which they will operate their robot in the competition?

• They will control their robot during the Driver Controlled Period for 1 minute and 45 seconds

• They will control their robot during the Autonomous Period for 1 minute and 45 seconds

• They will control their robot during the Interaction Period for 1 minute and 45 seconds

• They will control their robot during the Isolation Period for 1 minute and 45 seconds

Arvind, Emerson, Evan, Aiden, Anika, and Rohan are part of a robotics team in their school. They are participating in a city-wide robotics competition where they have to navigate their robot through a simulated disaster relief scenario. What is the maximum number of points their robot can earn and what task must it perform to achieve this?

• 20 points for climbing the highest elevation

• 20 points for scoring most triballs

• 15 points for climbing the highest elevation

• 15 points for scoring most triballs

Imagine a real-world scenario where Daniel, Anika, and Rohan are participating in a national level robotics competition. Suddenly, their robot becomes entangled in some wires on the stage! What penalty does their team face?

• The team is given extra time to fix their robot

• The team cannot operate their robot for the remainder of the match

• The team is disqualified from the match

• The team receives a warning and a deduction of points

Imagine Sophia, Rohan, and Mason are participating in a city-wide robotics competition. When is a pre-loading ball considered legal in their match?

• at the end of the match when the judges are tallying up the scores

• during the match, while the robots are still in action

• when it is touching the robot and not the grey tiles on the competition floor

• during the autonomous period, when the robots are operating on pre-programmed instructions

Priya, Ava, and Nora are part of a robotics club at their school. They are preparing for an upcoming inter-school robotics competition. They are building a robot and are unsure about one of the competition rules: How long can their robot pin/trap the opponent's robot during the match? Can you help them understand this rule?

• 1 second

• 3 seconds

• 4 seconds

• 5 seconds

Imagine Scarlett, Elijah, and Michael are participating in a local school robotics competition. During the manual control phase, when are they permitted to touch their robot, assuming it hasn't moved at all?

• never

• at the start of the driver controlled period if their robot hasn't moved

• only during the autonomous phase

• at the end of the competition