Agenda

This event will run Saturday, Feb. 17 2024  and Sunday Feb. 18, 2024. Following agenda is subject to change. 

  Saturday Feb. 17th

8:00 am - 9:00 am Check in and Inspection 

9:30am - 10:00am  Kick off at the Engineer Building 

10:15 - 11:15 Skills open, practice matches and judging starts 

11:15 - 12:00 Matches start, continue with skills and judging

12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch 

1:00pm - 5:00pm Matches, Judgin and skills 

    Sunday Feb. 18th

8:00am - 12:00pm  Matches, Skills 

12:00pm - 1:00pm.   Lunch

1:00pm - 2:30pm Finals

2:45pm - 3:45pm Awards 

Volunteer

We ask that each team provides at least one volunteer per day. 

Please contact Alexandra Downing, dow[email protected] if you are interested in volunteering. 

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In case of an emergency or bad weather, we will send out an event cancellation email to all coaches and volunteers as soon as that decision is made.  

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

• Teams will be refunded $170 of the $175 event fee if the event is cancelled.

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

• We will offer a refund up to a month prior to the event. If a team withdraws January 24th or later or a team does not attend the event, there will be no refund. 

Date: 17-Feb-2024 - 18-Feb-2024

Travel Info

Travel info to come:

Hotels
Travel
RoboShipping

Webcast

This event will be Live Streamed:

https://youtube.com/@innovationcenterstvrain4624

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. A submission deadline is set for the Monday before at 4pm MST (Feburary 12th)

Payment

Teams that do not pay by the payment deadline will be moved to the waitlist.

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