Hi Kids!
Welcome to the VEX IQ Robotics Competition! We are so happy that you want to be on a Team! Each year, there is a new game with a new set of rules, and playing fairly by those rules is very important. We know that learning new things can be hard, and that the “big game manual” can be kind of a lot. So, we’re here to help!
You and your teammates can start here and work together to learn about the important parts of the field, how to earn points, study basic rules, and see different ways to play the game.
But these are only some of the rules of this year’s game, and you will need to know them all! So after you understand everything here, and before you go to your first event, head over to the official game manual to make sure you understand all of the rules.
Good luck this season, and we hope that you have fun, make lots of friends, and work together to build your best Robot ever!
Your Robotics friends,
The VEX Robotics Competition Game Design Committee
Hi Grown Ups!
This unofficial version of the VEX IQ Robotics Competition manual is a print-friendly resource for you and your Teams to help introduce students to this year’s game, Rapid Relay.
This is NOT a replacement for reading the manual in its entirety; we encourage you to use this Appendix to support team members who may be overwhelmed by the full game manual, and use it to aid in building a basic understanding of the game. Students can use this appendix to learn game-specific terminology (oftentimes capitalized like a proper noun), understand the basics of scoring, and create strategies.
Once Students are comfortable with this appendix and the rules outlined here, you should transition them to reading and using the full game manual, where they will gain a full-depth comprehension of the VEX IQ Robotics Competition.
As part of the transition, we urge you to have Students cross-reference these rules with the full game manual and collate what they know with what they’re learning. If your Team has a specific question about a rule in this document, take a look at the full game manual for clarification before posting to the official VEX IQ Q&A system. Related rule numbers from the full game manual are included after each bullet in this appendix (listed as <SG#>, <G#>, etc.) to help you compare.
We hope that you’ll find this guide helpful and that more Students feel welcomed, supported, and empowered to join your Teams. Have an awesome season!