Robotics Education & Competition Foundation
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Minnesota Signature Event - VEX V5 Robotics Competition

Presented by The National Center for Autonomous Technologies

Datum
1-Aug-2024 - 3-Aug-2024 Add to Calendar
Veranstaltungscode
RE-V5RC-24-5557
Programm
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Veranstaltungsart
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
Smart Field Control
Kapazität
100
Verfügbare plätze
5
Event Region
Minnesota
Max Registrations per Organization
6
Early-Bird Registration Opens
17-May-2024 12:00 EDT
Standard Registration Opens
31-May-2024 12:00 EDT
Registration Deadline
26-Jul-2024 08:00 EDT
Payment Deadline
22-Jul-2024 12:00 EDT
Preis
$405.00

A maximum of 50% of team registrations can be from any one event region

Region Maximum % # Spots Allowed # Spots Remaining
Minnesota 50% 50 31
This event is closed to registration because:
  • This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.
  • It is past the registration deadline.

Allgemeine information

This summer, the greatest two minutes in competitive robotics returns to the Mall of America for the Minnesota Signature Event! The competition will feature 100 teams competing in the 2024-2025 V5RC Competition: High Stakes. As the first Signature Event of the season, this tournament is a magnet for skilled and talented VEX Robotics teams.  The student competitors dedicate their precious summer months engineering and refining their robot designs in preparation for this event.  The Minnesota Signature Event promises to be an exciting way to kickstart the 2024-2025 VEX Robotics Competition Season. During your stay check out the indoor theme park, Nickelodeon Universe, mini golf, or shop the hundreds of stores, entertainment, and restaurants.  

The Competition is an exciting way to Experience STEAM!  The Experience STEAM Concept places student-centric STEAM activities in highly public non-traditional spaces.  It gives a spotlight to the phenomenal students in VEX Students and allows other students, parents, and the public a unique opportunity to see the exciting world of STEAM. 

2025 VEX Worlds Spots

(1) Excellence Award

(2) Tournament Champions

Event Partner Contact Info:

Andrew Dahlen - [email protected] - 218-791-4010

Katie Frank -  [email protected] - 320-308-5168 

Event Location in Mall of America:

Central Parkway (North part of the mall).  On the outside of the mall, look for the landmark Star Statue outside the Level 1 North Entrance.


Klassenstufe: High School

Herausforderung der roboterfähigkeiten: Ja

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Datum: 1-Aug-2024 - 3-Aug-2024

Veranstaltungs-/austragungsort:
Mall of America®
60 East Broadway
Bloomington, Minnesota 55425
United States

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Code of Conduct

The REC Foundation considers the positive, respectful, and ethical conduct of teams to be an essential component of the competition. Participants are expected to behave in a respectful and professional manner, and to operate as student-centered teams with limited adult assistance. This includes all students, teachers, coaches, mentors, parents, and spectators associated with a team.

For more details, please refer to the REC Foundation Code of Conduct and Student-Centered Policy. If you have concerns about compliance with the Code of Conduct, please speak to the Event Partner during the event.

Agenda

Thursday August 1 2024: (Optional)

5:00 PM         Pit area and inspections open.

5:30 PM         Skills open

8:30 PM         Inspection and Skills Close

9:00 PM         Pit Area Closes

 

Friday August 2 2024:

 

8:00 AM         Pit area opens, Skills Open, Inspections Open

9:00 AM         Check in closes, Inspection closes* 

9:30 AM         Opening ceremony

10:00 AM      Driver meeting

10:30 AM      Qualification Matches Start

12:30 PM        Lunch Break

1:00 PM          Resume Qualification Rounds

5:00 PM          Pause qualifications

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*All teams need to be checked in by 9:00 AM on Friday or in contact with the event coordinator. Teams that have not checked in by that time will not be allowed to participate.

 

Saturday August 3rd 2024:

 

8:00 AM        Venue opens

9:00 AM        Qualifications resume

12:30 PM       Lunch Break

1:00 PM         Resume Qualification Rounds

3:00 PM         End skills

3:30 PM         End qualifications

3:45 PM         Alliance selection

4:00 PM         Elimination rounds

5:30 PM         Awards

6:00 PM         End of Event

7:00 PM         Pit Area Closed

 

 

Sich freiwillig melden

Welcome, it takes a lot of volunteers to make this a successful event. Thank you for volunteering. No experience necessary to volunteer, come help out and join in the fun. Please feel free to sign up for multiple shifts, duties.  Parents, family and freinds associated with teams make for amazing volunteers, and it is far more rewarding to volunteer than to simply watch the event. As an added bonus, volunteers receive food!

We are using signup.com to track our volunteers. Sign up at: https://signup.com/go/TGhUtwY

If you have further questions about volunteering, please contact:

Richtlinie für not-/schlechtwettersituationen

Teams are advised to watch robotevents.com for weather or emergency related cancellations.   If the tournament must be cancelled or postponed, the name of the tournament will change to cancelled or postponed.  In the event of a cancellation or postponement, teams will be sent additional information via Email. 

Please call Andrew Dahlen 218-791-4010 if you have questions.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

This situation is highly unlikely and an 80% refund will be provided.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:

Teams have two weeks after registering to pay for this event.  This two week window supersedes the July 24 payment deadline.  Unpaid teams will be moved to the waitling list.  Unpaid registrations can only hold a team's spot at this event for a short two weeks.  Once a team has paid the registration fee, no refunds will be given.

Date: 1-Aug-2024 - 3-Aug-2024
Mall of America®
60 East Broadway
Bloomington, Minnesota 55425
United States

Reiseinformationen

Metro Transit

From the Airport

Hiawatha Line (Route 55) -—The Hiawatha light-rail line offers fast, frequent service from both airport terminals to Mall of America®. Hiawatha light-rail trains leave every 7.5 minutes during rush hours, every 10-15 minutes at other times. Travel time is 12 minutes.
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Thursday, August 1

Friday, August 2

Saturday, August 3

From Minneapolis

Hiawatha Light Rail (Route 55) — The Hiawatha light-rail line offers fast, frequent service from downtown (5th Street) to Mall of America. Travel time from end to end is 39 minutes.
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From St. Paul

Route 54 — offers limited-stop service from downtown (6th & 7th Streets) to Mall of America and Minneapolis-St. Paul airport.
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Need more info? Call 612.373.3333 to speak to a transit expert or use the online Trip Planner.

Hotels

Hotel attached to Mall:

RADISSON BLU MALL OF AMERICA

 2100 KILLEBREW DR , BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA 55425

Phone : 855-516-1090

The Radison Blu is attached to the Mall of America and located near the Signature Event.

Additional Hotel Options 

There are numerous hotels within walking diatance to the Mall and many are near Metro Transit stations.  

Webcast

Direct link to Livestream

https://vimeo.com/event/4468227

 

Friday Part 1 - https://vimeo.com/989615044 

Friday Part 2 - https://vimeo.com/994119230

Judging Format

All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.

 

Payment

Registering for this event is a commitment to attend and compete. Please know that unpaid registrations will will be given 2 weeks after their registration date to arrange payment.  After this time teams will moved to the waitlist and lose their reserved spot. We understand that it can take some time to make payment, and some flexibility can be earned with good communication.  

Signature Event Early Bird Policy

  • All Signature Events will have a specific Early Bird Registration that is independent of all local/regional Early Bird systems
    • Each team starts the season with three (3) opportunities to register during the Signature Event Early-Bird period
      • An opportunity is taken away each time the team registers for a Signature Event, whether during the Signature Event Early-Bird period or Standard period
      • A Signature Event Early-Bird opportunity is not taken away if a team registers for a tournament hosted by their school or organization (where the team’s coach is the Event Partner)
    • Early Bird Registration will open 16 weeks before the event at 12:00PM EST
      • Note: Modifications to this may be made for events in August and September
    • Standard Registration will open 14 weeks before the event at 12:00PM EST
    • An Event Partner may register their own teams to their Signature Event during Signature Event Early Bird Registration no matter how many other Signature Events they are already registered for  
      • The Event Partner must be the Primary Contact for the teams they are registering