York Over Under VRC Qualifying Tournament
- Date
- 18-Nov-2023 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VRC-23-2759
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 36
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Maine
- Standard Registration Opens
- 4-Oct-2023 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 4-Nov-2023 12:24 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- 4-Nov-2023 15:04 EDT
- Price
- $55.00
- This event currently has no spaces available.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Welcome to the York Over Under VRC Qualifier!!
You'll be Over-The-Moon excited for Over Under with York Robotics! We plan on offering a fun filled day of competition to all teams who attend.
Breakfast, Lunch, and Snacks will be available for purchase at the event, with all money raised going to help our robotics team.
We will be collecting engineering notebooks digitally. Please upload them to Robot Events by EOD Friday 11/17 so that our judges will have them ready to go for the event.
Competition Preparation 2023-2024
Here are a few steps that every team should take to ensure that they are prepared.
1. Review the Over Under Game Manual.
2. Run through the inspection checklist. The 2023-2024 inspection checklists can be found here: VRC Inspection Checklist for Over Under
3. Make sure that all students have filled out the Participant Release Digital Form.
4. Pack for the event the day before the day of departure. Here are a few items that you don't want to forget:
- Safety Glasses
- Batteries and Chargers
- Laptop
- Spare Parts and Tools
- Power Strip - We will do our best to provide 1 per table but you can never have enough.
5. Prep for your interviews with the judges. Practice answering some of these questions as a team:
- Tell me about what your robot does and how?
- Did you turn in an Engineering Notebook? When did you start making entries?
- What part of your robot are you most proud of? Why?
- What were the challenges of this year’s game that you considered before designing your robot? How did you design your robot to meet those challenges?
- Has your approach to the game been effective? Why?
- What does your robot do in autonomous mode? Who programed it?
- What makes your robot effective at playing this year’s game?
- Did you use any sensors? What are they used for? How do they operate in your autonomous mode? How do they operate in your driver-controlled mode?
- Based on your robot’s performance so far, what would you like to improve?
- Were there any other robots that inspired your robot design?
6. Remember that safety comes first, please don't bring tools that pose a safety risk to your team, or others nearby. York High School will set up a designated area for using power tools.
7. Don't forget that competitions are all about having fun! Cheer on your school and all the other teams participating.
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 18-Nov-2023
Venue/Location:1 Robert Stevens Drive
York, Maine 03909
United States
Contact Information
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Follow the signs to the school's Auditorium Entrance.
7:30AM Registration and Load-in
8:30AM Registration Ends, Match schedule generated
8:45AM Drivers meeting
9:00AM Opening Ceremonies
9:15AM Qualification matches and Skills Challenges begin
12:30PM Lunch - Skills may run during lunch
1:00PM Qualification matches resume
2:30PM Qualification matches and Skills Challenges end
2:35PM Alliance Selection
2:45PM Elimination rounds begin
4:30PM Awards Ceremony
5:00PM Event ends
Volunteer
If you are interested in any of the following voluenteer positions, please contact [email protected]. More information about volunteering can be found here.
- Judge
- Field Resetter
- Robot Inspector
- Queuer
- Referee
- Scorekeeper
Lunch will be provided for full day volunteers.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event that there is inclament weather on the day of the event all registered teams will be notified of a cancelation via e-mail. We will also do our best to reschedule the competition for another day.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
In the case that the event can not be run on the scheduled date we will try our best to reschedule; however, if we are not able to reschedule the event we will issue a refund to all teams registered.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
Full refunds will be issued if a team notifies the event partner by email one month prior to the event (by 10/18/22). This is to ensure there is enough time to contact teams from the waitlist to fill the position. However, if teams do need to cancel at the last moment due to circumstances such as local weather or school closures, please just send us an email and we will try to offer a full or partial refund. (email: [email protected])
Payments
Please submit all payments by 11/4. If regestering after this date, please submit payments within 2 weeks of registration date. We really appreciate your timliness with this since most of the money we will raise will go right back towards registering our teams at other competitions this season.
Webcast
This event will be livestreamed on the Robotics Institute of Maine's YouTube Page
Judging Format
Remote Notebooks - Please upload digital engineering notebook to Robot Events by November 17th.
In-Person Interviews.