Albert Lea Tigers VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Blended MS/HS
- Fecha
- 15-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
- Código de evento
- RE-V5RC-24-8152
- Programa
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Tipo de evento
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacidad
- 30
- Plazas disponibles
- 2
- Event Region
- Minnesota
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 10
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 14-Oct-2024 16:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 4-Jan-2025 16:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 12-Feb-2025 16:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 3-Feb-2025 16:00 EST
- Precio
- US$100.00
Información general
Registration Information
All participating teams must be registered with VEX V5 Robotics Competition on the Robot Events website and have an official team number before registering for this event. Tournament fees must be paid before teams are allowed to compete. Registration and payments should be made through the Robot Events website.
Engineering notebooks
We will be collecting Physical engineering notebooks at this event for judging.
Lunch and Concessions
Full concessions will be available from 9 am to 3 pm. Lunch specials will be announced.
Elimination Matches
Number of elimination alliances (16-23 teams = 8 alliances in finals, 24-31 teams =12 alliances in finals, 32+ teams = 16 alliances in finals)
Competition Preparation
All teams should come prepared for competition. Here are a few steps that every team should take to ensure that they are prepared.
Review all game information: Current Game Webpage
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Review the rules and run through the inspection checklist about a week before the competition so that there is ample time for adjustments. Robots must use VEX V5 parts. Please self inspect before arriving at the tournament using the V5 Robot Inspection Checklist
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Check the official VEX forums for rule updates and changes.
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Carefully read all of the information contained in the tournament posting on robotevents.com
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Pack for the event the day before the day of departure. Here are a few items that you don't want to forget.
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Goggles/Safety Glasses
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Spare parts & tools
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Batteries and chargers
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Power strip and extension cord
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Laptop computer
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Programming cable
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Engineering notebook (Required for judged awards)
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Banners and other decorations for your team pit table
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Giveaways if you have them
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Be sure to read VEX Tournaments 101.
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Review the descriptions and criteria for the awards that are being given during the tournament.
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Prep for your interviews with the judges and read the Judge's Guide. Check the awards tab to see what awards will be given during the tournament.
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Remember that safety comes first, please don't bring tools that pose a safety risk to your team, or others nearby, as teams are close to each other in the venue pit area. Also, remember no grinding or other actions that create sparks, ask the tournament director for a safe location if grinding is needed.
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Ensure that you have the latest version of programming software and firmware for your V5 Brain.
Participation and Consent Form
A completed form for all participants must be uploaded to robotevents.com prior to the tournament. Team leaders will need to check that all team members attending the event have completed the online consent form prior to the tournament. Instructions on how to upload consent forms are given here: VEX Consent Form.
Nivel académico : All
Concurso de habilidades de robots ofrecido: Sí
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Fecha: 15-Feb-2025
Lugar / ubicación:2000 Tiger Lane
Albert Lea, Minnesota 56007
United States
Contact the Event Partner
You must login to contact this Event PartnerCode 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! Check here the week of the event to make sure you have the current agenda.
7:30 am Doors open, team check-in begins
9:00 Team check-in ends
Teams MUST be checked-in by 9:00, as the Match Schedule will be run at that time and CANNOT be re-run. If your team is running late, call the Event Partner or the match schedule will be run WITHOUT your team.
8:00 am Inspection begins
8:30 Skills Begins
9:00 am Inspection ends
9:30 Team & Driver meeting
10:00 Qualification matches
2:30 Qualification matches & Skills end
SKILLS WILL END IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE LAST QUALIFICATION MATCH
2:45 Alliance selection
3:00 Finals matches (Awards intermixed between rounds)
4:30 Final awards and closing
NOTES:
- Alliances will be 2 teams.
- All teams up to 32 will participate in the finals. (Note: Teams that decline invitations may inadvertently remove themselves from finals)
- If an odd number of teams, the last-ranked team should still attend Alliance Selection in case a team withdraws due to a problem with their robot.
- All finals matches will be one-and-done (no best-of-three matches).
- Ties in finals matches will be replayed until a winner is determined.
Voluntario
Thank you for expressing interest in volunteering for Albert Lea High School Robotics VEX V5 Tournament!
Please select how you would like to support this event by selecting from the options listed in the following link. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4BAFA628A6F8C07-53247073-albert
Lunch will be provided to all volunteers the day of the event.
Política de emergencia/mal tiempo
If an Emergency or Bad Weather impacts the event, coaches will be contacted via email provided through registration.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event: We will roll your registration fee into a future event.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: Teams that cancel will ony be refunded if another team takes their palce and will get a refund, minus administrative fees ($5/team)
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.
Waitlist
1 teams are on the waitlist for this event.