Mulholland STEAM Robotics VIQRC League
"Rapid Relay" 2024-2025 ES/MS Blended
- Date
- 1-Nov-2024 - 6-Feb-2025
- Event Code
- RE-VIQRC-24-6641
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- League
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- N/A
- Capacity
- 24
- Spots Open
- 8
- Event Region
- California - South
- Standard Registration Opens
- 2-Sep-2024 20:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 28-Oct-2024 20:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- 31-Oct-2024 12:00 EDT
- Price
- $150.00
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
The Engineering Design Book submission deadline is FRIDAY JANUARY 24, 2025 by 5pm PST to allow teams to participate and update their current submission. Design Books will be looked at after this date. Please submit your most recent Design Book by this deadline.
Additionally, there are several more award categories for our last event. Please look at the Awards Tab for details
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Welcome to our League! We will compete on four nights from 5-7pm, check-in begins at 4p.
Registration: When registering for this league, please choose Pay Later as your Payment Method and bring your league fee check for $150 per team to the first league session. Please make your check payable to Mulholland Middle School Robotics.
Location: Our address is Mulholland Middle School, 17120 Vanowen St., Lake Balboa, CA 91406. Our league events are held in our Multi-Purpose Room (MPR). Parking is available in our front parking lot and on the street.
Check In: Each league session begins with Team Check-in and Robot Inspection. Doors open at 3.45pm. Teams are requested to check in by 4:30 PM and robots must pass inspection by 4:45 PM to allow time for preparing and printing the Teamwork Challenge match schedule. We begin the Competition at 5pm!
Events: At each of the 1st three Sessions, teams are scheduled for four (4) Teamwork Challenge Qualifying Matches.
At the final Championship session in February, teams participate in up to three Driving Skills Matches and up to three Autonomous Coding Skills Matches. (Robot Skills Challenge Matches are not scheduled.) Judges will interview all teams at this time. The Championship session concludes with the Teamwork Challenge Finals Matches and judges' team interviews, followed by our Awards Ceremony.
There are two competition fields and one practice field at each session.
Digital Engineering Notebooks: Teams will be invited to submit Digital Engineering Notebooks online by December 18th. Judges Design Book team interviews will be held on the final Championship session on February 6th.
Release Forms: Teams must upload the release forms for all student and adult team members in RobotEvents.com before the 1st event.
Awards: All Awards categories, and the number of awards are posted on the Awards tab, and will be updated as REC finalizes the state qualifications and other details for each award.
Event Volunteers: We greatly appreciate Teams that can provide volunteering time at our events. There is always something to do, whether it be supervising the practice field, helping direct student teams, checking at tables for team needs, and even reffing! Please see the Volunteer tab for details, or just ask the event partner or head ref at any time during the event.
Judge Volunteers: We also encourage adults (18+ yrs or older) to help judge at our final event. This mainly includes working with our Judge Advisor, and in judging pairs, to interview teams at the last event. Judge volunteers who are affiliated with teams will not interview affiliated team(s).
Concessions: Snacks and beverages are available for purchase at all events.
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Remote Interviews & Notebooks
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 1-Nov-2024
17120 Vanowen Street
Los Angeles, California 91406
United States
Date: 21-Nov-2024
17120 Vanowen Street
Los Angeles, California 91406
United States
Date: 16-Jan-2025
17120 Vanowen Street
Los Angeles, California 91406
United States
Date: 6-Feb-2025
17120 Vanowen Street
Los Angeles, California 91406
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
Agenda for the first three league sessions, the Qualifying Sessions:
3:30-4:00 PM Doors open. Set up
3:30-3:45 PM Volunteers check in
4:00-4:30 PM Teams check in
4:00-4:45 PM Robot Inspection
4:45-5:00 PM Opening Ceremony/Event Meeting/Announcements
5:00-7:00 PM Teamwork Qualifying Matches
7:00-7:30 PM Teams depart. Tear down. Doors close
Agenda for the last league session, the Championship Session:
3:30-4:00 PM Doors open. Set up
3:30-3:45 PM Volunteers check in
4:00-4:30 PM Teams check in
4:00-4:45 PM Robot Inspection
4:45-5:00 PM Opening Ceremony/Announcements
4:15-7:00 PM Robot Skills Matches
7:00-7:45 PM Teamwork Finals Matches and Awards
7:45-8:15 PM Teams depart. Tear down. Doors close
Volunteer
Each team is encouraged to provide at least one volunteer for at least one session. Typical volunteer duties include team check-in, supervising the practice field, reffing, cueing assistance, and helping with consessions.
We also encourage adults (18+ yrs or older) to help Judge at our final event. This mainly includes working with our Judge Advisor, and in judging pairs, to interview teams at the last event. Judge volunteers who are affiliated with teams will not interview affiliated team(s).
Volunteering is a great way to connect with the event and give back to our robotics community.
A brief overview of the volunteer roles is available online at:
https://kb.roboticseducation.org/hc/en-us/articles/4969327789207-Volunteer-Roles-Available
All volunteers are welcome. Please contact the Event Partner Brian Cassady ahead of time at [email protected], or at the event.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
League events will be rescheduled if weather is an issue.
In the case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations, please visit the event on Robotevents.com where updates about the event status will be posted as needed. Event Partners will also make every effort to reach teams directly in case of an emergency. Make sure your team contact information is up to date in your robotevents.com account, as this is the information that will be used to contact your team.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
Full refunds minus the $5.00 processing fee will be provided if the event is canceled before the first session. After the first session, partial refunds may be made at the discretion of the Event Partner.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event and then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
Full refunds minus the $5.00 processing fee will be available until one week before the first session. After that, refunds based on special circumstances may be made at the discretion of the Event Partner.
Judging Format
Engineering Notebooks are to be submitted to the Event Partner digitally via the link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents by FRIDAY January 24, 2025 by 5pm PST.
- Teams must submit a Link for their Digital Engineering Notebook by the Due Date to be eligible for the Excellence Award, Design Award, and Innovate Award.
In-person Judging Interviews are held during the Final League Session on February 6th. Details will be sent to registered teams via email and general information can be found in the link below.
RESOURCES:
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The Engineering Notebook Rubric and the Team Interview Rubric are in the Rec Foundation Library's Judging Documents: Guide to Judging, and Judging Resources.
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Link to Judging Documents: tinyurl.com/25-RJ-Docs
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Waitlist
0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.