VEX IQ has finally announced the gameplay for the new season, and I’d like to share it with you today.
This competition is called Pitching in, and it is a game that uses VEX IQ robots to pitch balls. The competition categories are similar to the past and are divided into three types.
60s Teamwork Challenge match (two teams cooperate within 60 seconds to get the highest score)
Driver Skills Challenge (driver's personal ability takes the highest score)
Programming Skills Challenge (Use automated programs to get the highest score)
Although it is a pitching game, the number of balls is limited. There are only 22 yellow balls. Please note that if you throw the ball outside the playing field, there is NO RETURN! They will not return the ball to you! Therefore, no matter how many points you score, the ball cannot be thrown outside the playing field.
Here is how to score by difficulty:
STARTING CORRAL Easiest to score
Officials point out that as long as the aligned balls are not in the starting corral, you will get 5 points. In simple terms, if you mess up the neatly aligned balls, you will get 5 points.
Since both teams have starting corrals, the maximum total score is 10 points.
2. Project the yellow ball LOW GOAL/ HIGH GOAL
There are two scoring areas for shooting the yellow ball. The first is in the blue box below. As long as the ball is in the box, 2 points are awarded for each shot.
If the ball is on the blue frame, will there be points?
Fortunately, there is an official answer.
The second scoring area is in the square frame above the blue frame, with 6 points per ball.
3. LOW HANG/HIGH HANG
Hanging means that when you take your hands off the controller, the robot is hanging on the pole, off the ground, and the body does not touch the yellow ball. There are two scoring areas for hanging. Completing a LOW HANG (about 20cm) will get 6 points, and completing a HIGH HANG (about 40cm) will get 10 points. Please note that if the body does not leave the horizontal pole of the low hang during the high hang, it will be considered as a low hang.
Although there are three scoring methods with different levels of difficulty, the goal of the competition is to cooperate to get the most points, so good cooperation is the most important thing.
In the new season, our company still provides VEX IQ Challenge Pitching in competition courses. We hope that the epidemic will end soon so that we can compete in different countries together. In the future, there will be competition experience classes. If you are interested, please contact us.
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