Capital Area STEM Network Center Tournamnet (MS/HS)
- Date
- 25-Jan-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-24-6530
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 32
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Louisiana
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 3
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 29-Jul-2024 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 14-Dec-2024 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 17-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 17-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Price
- $60.00
- This event currently has no spaces available.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Welcome to the Capital Area STEM Network Center V5 Tournament! This will be an in-person tournament and will include judging and robot skills. Fees must be paid by 1/17/23 in order to compete. After 1/17, any teams who are not paid will forfeit their spot so that waitlisted teams may be offered a chance to participte. All Consent Form Submissions must be in RobotEvents PRIOR to arrival at the Tournament. Additional details about parking and concesssions will be provided as we get closer to the event.
All approved events and event attendees are required to follow all local, state, federal, or any other government ordinances regarding COVID-19 safety procedures, social distancing, and best hygiene practices. We will continually assess, based on current government guidelines, whether to postpone, cancel, or significantly reduce the number of attendees when necessary
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Max Registrations per Organization: 3
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 25-Jan-2025
Venue/Location:Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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
We plan to finish at 4:30pm with an hour break for lunch. If we are running behind, lunch will be shortened. Note that if the judges are trying to interview you and you are not available, they will leave a tag so you can call them back for an interview. All interviews must be completed by the end of lunch.)
7:30 Doors Open/Pits Open
7:45 Check-In/ Inspection (Must be checked in by 8:30)
8:30 Drivers/Coaches Meeting
8:45 Welcome/Opening Ceremony
9-12:00 Skills Challenge Opens - 3 Driver and 3 Programming Attempts Max
9-12:00 Begin Qualification Rounds, Judging and Team Interviews Begin
12:00-1 PM Lunch, vendors will be on-site. Off site food is allowed to be brought in. Lunch will be used to catch up on time if we are behind schedule.
1:00 Resume Qualification Rounds, Resume Skills Field
3:45 End Qualification Rounds, Skills Field closes
4:00 Alliance Selection
4:15 Elimination Rounds Begin
5 Awards Ceremony
5:15 Clean up
Volunteer
If you are willing to volunteer, please email [email protected].
Volunteers Needed:
| Role | Job | Time | Experience |
| Team/Volunteer Check-In 1, 2 | Welcome teams as they arrive. Verify teams, hand out materials, and collect Engineering Notebooks | 7 AM - 9 AM | Adult, None |
| Inspector 1, 2 | Conduct inspections to verify the robots comply with the rules and specifications outlined in the Game Manual | 7 AM - 10 AM | Adult, Has background in VEX or willing to be trained |
| Judge 1, 2 | Evaluate student teams through interviews and Engineering Notebooks. | 9 AM - 12 PM | Adult, Has background in VEX or willing to be trained |
| Queuing 1, 2 | Staging teams for upcoming matches (ie herding cats!) | 9 AM - 12 PM | Adult/Student, None |
| Queuing 3, 4 | Staging teams for upcoming matches (ie herding cats!) | 1 PM - 4 PM | Adult/Student, None |
| Concession 1 | Sell concessions | 7 AM - 10 AM | Adult/Student, None |
| Concession 2 ,3 | Sell concessions | 10 AM - 1:30 PM | Adult/Student, None |
| Concession 4 | Sell Concessions | 1:30-4 PM | Adult/Student, None |
| Field Resetter 1, 2, 3 | Reset the field between games | 9-12 PM | Student, None |
| Field Resetter 4, 5, 6 | Reset the field between games | 1- 4 PM | Student, None |
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
The event will be indoors. If LSU allows the campus to remain open, the event will occur with unattending teams forfiting entry fee.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event: Refunds will be issued.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: Refunds will not be issued for any cancellations other than by the event partner.
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. Deadline for submission of electronic engineering notebooks is Wednesday January 22nd by 8 AM.
Waitlist
22 teams are on the waitlist for this event.