Code 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:

Tentative Agenda (subject to change):

7:30am - Doors Open

8:00- 9:30am - Registration and Robot Inspection (Skills will open during inspection)

9:30-9:45am - Team Meeting and Host Introductions

9:45am - Morning Matches Start

12:00pm - Morning Matches Conclude (Skills will close for lunch)

12:00-12:30pm - Lunch (pre-order will be available)

12:30pm - Start Afternoon Matches (Skills will reopen)

2:30pm - Afternoon Matches Conclude (Skills will conclude at this time)

2:45pm - Alliance Selection (the plan is up to 20 alliances of 2)

3:00pm - Start Eliminations

4:15pm - Tournament Finals

4:30pm - Awards and Closing Remarks

4:45pm - Clean Up

Volunteer

Volunteer:

We are actively seeking volunteers for this event, and ask that each team participating brings at least one volunteer to help. To sign up to volunteer, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

Emergency/Bad Weather:

In case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations, please visit the event on robotevents.com where updates will be posted.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

Teams will be refunded registration fees minus the $5 non-refundable fee to the REC Foundation. 

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

This event is non-refundable.

Health and Safety Policies

Health and Safety Policies:

This event will comply with all health and safety policies set by Purdue University. All participants and guest will be expected to comply with the policies as advised by the University during the time of the event.

Date: 9-Mar-2024

Travel Info

Travel Info:

The Purdue Polytechnic Anderson campus is located at 1920 Purdue Parkway in Anderson, IN.

There is ample free parking available on site.

Judging Format

• All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.

•  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.