New VEX Game Announced!

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly

There are VEX pneumatics and they've been legal for two years in VRC.

Ah, I still have the old FTC rules stuck in my head. (designs winning robot)

Something (for me!) to keep in mind is that with absolutely no robot pushing wars to worry about, stuff like omni drive is completely viable, when in previous years a robot with omni drive would get pushed too easily. I'd love to be able to strafe along the barrier with a giant wall of sheet metal.

I have a (bad) design idea for some kind of hinged wall of VEX plates that I might build for fun this summer... it'd be nice and geared, but basically an 18 inch square bot has a plate that folds up from parallel to perpendicular to the chassis, then flaps on the side (that were underneath it when folded) pop out, then the robot plays defense. I don't know how well it would work but building Vex robots that aren't gimmicks isn't really my thing. ^_^

Heh, now I want to make a CAD render of the idea. Or just build it.