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UNL Cornhusker V5RC HS Only Tournament

VEX V5RC Robotics Competition HS hosted by SKERS VURC

Datum
1-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
Veranstaltungscode
RE-V5RC-24-7328
Programm
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Veranstaltungsart
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
Smart Field Control
Kapazität
72
Verfügbare plätze
4
Event Region
Nebraska
Max Registrations per Organization
6
Early-Bird Registration Opens
29-Aug-2024 08:00 EDT
Standard Registration Opens
21-Dec-2024 08:00 EST
Registration Deadline
25-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
27-Jan-2025 18:00 EST
Preis
$90.00
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

Competition Information

The UNL Cornhusker Competition is hosted by the UNLVEXU team and brought on through help from the university and the College of Engineering. The event is hosted in the brand-new Kiewit Hall facility throughout multiple stories and rooms. The event will run simultaneous to many informative opportunities about UNL and college life as an engineer. We encourage participants and their guests to learn firsthand what taking education beyond VEX looks like by interacting with staff, professors, and students alike.

The competition itself will be 6 fields split into two divisions where 64 teams will make the elimination matches. Each team will play at least 6 qualification matches and the timing for judging, skills, and matches have been finalized in the agenda tab. The plan is to open up more skills fields during lunch and before the drivers meeting. The plan is to have judging in the pits with a small closure before lunch for our volunteers to eat. Teams must bring paper copies of their notebook to be judged and the team to be considered for the corresponding awards. Spectators may not be able to directly see the match fields at all times but the live feed of the event will be shared throughout the venue instantaneously and available on a slightly delayed YouTube live stream. Please bring a way to power your pits table from floor outlets. VEX VIA should be working for our event. It may go down intermediately or refresh inconsistently as we may have to use alternatives to the on-campus internet for reasons out of our control.

 

Parental/Guardian Consent

Per the UNL Youth Activities Safety Guidelines, students will not be allowed to participate in the event unless the linked form is completed. This form needs to be completed for each student and is not covered by the VEX release. Coaches will be required to supervise students who have not had the form completed separately from the competition space until they find a ride home or have the form completed. Please ensure all particpants have had their form filled out so they may participate.

A complete list of students who have had their forms filled out will be available upon request and will be communicated with coaches up until the event through email. Students not competing at the tournament are welcome to interact with the recruitment portions of the day at the event. All participants must adhere to the same university safety standards or they will not be allowed to enter the event space. All visitors must stay within the allotted space for the event and adhere to the VEX manual for conduct.

https://vexu.unl.edu/competitors-and-visitors/minor-consent-form/

 

Parking

There will be parking included for each team competing and large vehicle parking can be accommodated, please see travel info. Out-of-region teams are welcome to sign up for our event and travel support for parking or hotels could potentially be given if asked. Any changes will be communicated promptly and while not expected, are subject to happen with an active campus. Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions or concerns. Please see the parking tab and the following website for all details on parking:

https://vexu.unl.edu/competitors-and-visitors/parking/

 

Registration Information

All participating teams must be registered with VEX Robotics and the Robot Events website and have their official team number for this event.  All registration fees must be paid in full no later than two weeks before the event (January 18, 2025).  Failure to comply may result in your team(s) being removed from the event. Registration fees must be paid before teams are allowed to compete.

 

Event Website

Information on the event as it pertains to logistics, recruitment, parental consent, concessions, and other details out of the core scope of a traditional tournament. Please see the link below for details on our event and more from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

https://vexu.unl.edu/

 

Concessions

Please see the following link.

https://vexu.unl.edu/competitors-and-visitors/dining/

 

Livestream and Internet

This event will be livestreamed on YouTube and wifi will be available throughout the entirety of campus, see the webcast tab or our youtube channel for more details.

 https://youtu.be/SGSIMxNRMmY?si=td2tiZKZFVxXrO6k


Klassenstufe: High School

Herausforderung der roboterfähigkeiten: Ja

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Datum: 1-Feb-2025

Veranstaltungs-/austragungsort:
Kiewit Hall
1700 Vine Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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

Event agenda:

7:00 AM, Venue opens

7:15 AM-8:30 AM, Registration

7:30 AM-9:15 AM, Inspections

8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Skills all fields

9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Opening ceremonies

10:00 AM-3:45 PM, Skills

10:00 AM-11:45 AM, Qualifications

11:45 AM-1:00 PM, Lunch

1:00 PM-3:45 PM, Qualifications

3:45 PM-4:10 PM, Alliance selection

4:15 PM-5:20 PM, Eliminations

5:30 PM, Awards

 

Recruitment Session Times:

9:30 AM-12:00 PM, College of Engineering recruitment table will be open.

10:30 AM-11:30 AM, College of Engineering recruitment sessions in an upstairs classroom.

12:00 PM-12:45 PM, lunch break.

1:00 PM-1:30 PM, College of Engineering recruitment table will be open.

 

Judging:

9:00 AM-9:30 AM, POTENTIALLY before the opening ceremony

10:00 AM-12:00 PM, during the first block of qualification matches PATRLY into Lunch beginning

12:45 PM-2:45 PM, during and part way through the second block of qualifications PATRLY into Lunch ending

Sich freiwillig melden

All volunteers need to complete this brief form as our event will have minors on the UNL campus:


Volunteer | College of Engineering | University of Nebraska–Lincoln (unl.edu)
https://vexu.unl.edu/volunteers/volunteer-signup/


From there, you will be sent a link for our sign-up pages. Please do not share that link as we are required to log every volunteer understands the simple yet important policies for UNL youth safety.

Richtlinie für not-/schlechtwettersituationen

We will be following UNL Policy for the closure of our facilites. UNL is well equiped to remain open and we as the event could move starting times back/around in the case of weather.

The event partner will make the decision to cancel by the night before if there are only teams from within the region competing. The event partner will make the decision to cancel by the morning before if any teams reach out that they will be making a hotel reservation to attend our event.

The Robot Events page will note if the event is on or not in the case of weather. Please see the refund and payment policies for our potential reschedule dates.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

If weather causes us to cancel, we will attempt to reschedule for the weekend of February 15th or March 1st.
If we have to cancel again, money will be refunded minus the $5 for using Robotevents

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

Full refund until January 4th

Half refund until January 18th

No refund after January 18th

Date: 1-Feb-2025
Kiewit Hall
1700 Vine Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
United States

Reiseinformationen

Kiewit Hall:  1700 Vine St, Lincoln, NE 68508

There will be a drop off point near the building off Vine Street and there is ample ADA access within our facilites for robot carts.

Parking will be provided on campus within a 5 minute walk away from the event center. There is parking for busses and larger vehicles about a 15 minute walk from the event center on Innovation Campus. Notice will need to be given ahead of the event for busses or larger vehicle parking, the pass will be given out quickly upon check-in. Please plan accordingly with the weather.


Stadium parking:  745 N 14th St, Lincoln, NE 68588

Larger vehicle parking (needs notice):  2021 Transformation Dr, Lincoln, NE 68508

Currently, there are no travel plan for out of state/long distance teams byond parking. Please reach out to [email protected] and some may be created when the first organization who needs it signs up or plans to sign up.

Webcast

TEMP 1 Division Livestream (YouTube): https://youtu.be/SGSIMxNRMmY?si=td2tiZKZFVxXrO6k

TEMP 2 Division Livestream (YouTube): https://youtu.be/SGSIMxNRMmY?si=td2tiZKZFVxXrO6k

 

We have arranged for an event login to the on-campus wifi. The login will work throughout campus if spectators wished to take themselves around campus. Please see the login below and the information in the links below for troubleshooting.
NU-guest login:
Username: UNLVEXU
Password: kiewit2025

https://services.unl.edu/services/network-wifi/nu-guest
https://nusupport.nebraska.edu/TDClient/33/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=33

Judging Format

All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams will be judged in their pits and judging may begin before the opening ceremony. Judges may also interview you at the beginning or end of the lunch period. We intend for the first and last 15 minutes of lunch to be additional time one may get judged but we reserve the ability to force interviews during that time after announcing such. Interviews will be enforced to 10 minutes in length to assure all teams the ability to be judged. 

Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges at check in. Printing will be available on campus but will be expensive. Teams will not be considered for the Design, Excellence, or Judges award without a physical notebook. Teams will not be considered for the Innovate award unless their submission form is labeled correctly.