Barney's VEX V5 Robotics Competition Battle of the Bots
Middle School Teams Only
- Date
- 1-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-24-6807
- 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
- South Carolina
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 8
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 17-Sep-2024 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 21-Dec-2024 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 18-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 21-Dec-2024 00:03 EST
- Price
- $75.00
- This event currently has no spaces available.
General Info
We are excited to invite teams into our school again this year!
Barney's Battle of the Bots will be qualifying event for the SC MS VRC State Championship. If teams wish to be judged and in the running for Design and Excellence awards, teams should upload their Engineering Notebooks to their RobotEvents account by Jan 27, 2025. This will allow the judges more time to review the notebooks and to prepare for interviews that will take place on the day of the event.
When teams arrive at Blue Ridge Middle School, they will enter through the front entrance. Additional parking will be available in the bus loop to the left of the school building. Only registered team members and one coach will be allowed to pit, area around the gym floor, tables will be set up and labled with team numbers. All other people associated with the teams including parents, siblings, and other spectators must remain in the stands.
As of right now we plan to offer lunch, and snacks throughout the day.
Grade Level: Middle School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Grade Level: Middle School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 1-Feb-2025
Venue/Location:2423 East Tyger Bridge Road
Greer, South Carolina 29651
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
7:45 Doors Open
7:50 Inspection Begins
8:00 Skills until 10:00
10-2 Qualifying rounds (Lunch break from 12-12:30)
2:10 Alliance Selection
2:30 Finals
3 Awards
Volunteer
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact [email protected].
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
If bad weather prevents event then we will move it to the following weekend.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels/postpones the event and you are unable to attend then a refund minus $10 will be administered to the teams.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend then a refund will not be administered.
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 that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.
Waitlist
12 teams are on the waitlist for this event.