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

Tentative schedule (times will slightly change once the event is approved):

8:00 am - Doors Open, Check-in
8:30 am - Inspection Starts,

9:30 - Skills Open - Skills will close at the conclusion of Qualification Matches

10:30 am - Inspection Closes
10:45 am - Driver's Meeting & Opening Ceremony

Lunch throughout the day - however, time between inspection and qualification matches is a good time.

11:00 am - Qualification Matches Start
3:00 pm - Qualification Matches End

3:15 Alliance Selection

3:30 pm - 5 pm Elimination Matches / Finals

5:15 pm -  Awards (or as close to Final Match as possible)
6:00 pm - Doors Close

Sich freiwillig melden

You are invited to volunteer.  Needs are as follows:

1.  Engineering design notebook judging virtual prior to event September 14-September 26

2.  Team interview judges (at least 2)

3. Field set up and reset

4. Score Keeping Judges

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Richtlinie für not-/schlechtwettersituationen

If an emergency or bad weather results in the need to cancel or postpone the event, registrants will be notified.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: teams will receive a refund other than the RECF required $5.00 (if they charge this)

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: refund if cancelled prior to January 23, 2025

If a team does not pay, they will be added to the waitlist. 

Webcast

Will be streamed at https://www.youtube.com/@SteinbrennerRobotics

Judging Format

Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews:

Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents. Engineering design notebooks must be uploaded in RobotEvents by January 25 at 8:00 a.m. Notebooks will start being judged immediately and prior to the event.