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HPS NTX Aerial Drone Competition Harmony Invitational

CANCELLED

Date
28-Oct-2023 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-ADC-23-2616
Program
Aerial Drone Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Field Control System
N/A
Capacity
36
Spots Open
27
Event Region
South Central
Standard Registration Opens
8-Sep-2023 14:18 EDT
Registration Deadline
19-Oct-2023 14:19 EDT
Payment Deadline
19-Oct-2023 06:34 EDT
Price
$50.00
This event is closed to registration because:
  • It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

Update: 10.23.2023 Event Cancelled by Event Partner due to low registration. Teams invited to attend the Nov. 4th Tournament: https://www.robotevents.com/robot-competitions/adc/RE-ADC-23-3351.html#general-info.

This tournament is an Invitational Tournament that is only open to teams affiliated with Harmony Public Schools.

Harmony School of Innovation Fort Worth prides itself on its diversity, character, and excellence. We will carry this through to our events. When you arrive, you will be asked to use only the front entrance unless there is an emergency. There is room for bus parking in both the front and the back of the school. 

Coaches, please advise your teams to check in immediately upon arrival and use their assigned pit area to set up for the day. 

Please bring cash for the concession stand. We will have meals as well as snacks and drinks to meet the needs of everyone. 

Bring your enthusiasm and excitement and let's rock this season!

Other Details: 

Digital Notebook: A digital Competition Logbook (or scanned copy of a written logbook) must be submitted to qualify for the Excellence Award and Flight Operations Award.  Competition Logbooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents. Logbooks must be submitted by 5:00 pm on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 if you want it considered for judging. The logbook is only shared with event staff, including the Event Partner, Judge Advisor, and Judges, and may include the REC Foundation Program Support Manager. Details on this process are given in the Judge Guide.

Consent Forms: All participants must have a Participant Release Form on file. It is the responsibility of the Team’s Primary Contact to make sure this occurs. A link to the instructions on how to submit a Participant Release Form is found HERE.

Inspection: Inspection is scheduled first thing in the morning. All teams must pass inspection to be allowed to compete in either skills or qualification matches. Please be prepared and ensure that your drone will pass inspection BEFORE the competition by reviewing the INSPECTION CHECKLIST.

Interviews: All teams will be interviewed in-person at the event. Judges will come to interview teams in the pit area.


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 28-Oct-2023

Venue/Location:
8100 S Hulen St
8100 South Hulen Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76123
United States

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Agenda

Agenda (Subject to change)

8:00am Doors Open

8:15-9:30am Piloting Skills Matches 

9:30am Flight Team Meeting

10am Teamwork Matches Begin

10am Autonomous Flight Matches Begin

12:00-12:30pm Lunch

12:30pm Qualification and Autonomous Matches Resume

3:30pm End Matches (Teamwork and Autonomous)

3:30-5:00pm Alliance Selection and Finals

5:00pm Awards (Tear down and go home)

* This is a fluid agenda. Lunch may be shortened to keep the tournament on schedule as the Referee and EP see fit.

** This is a fluid agenda Alliance Selection will begin 15 minutes after the last Qualification match followed by Finals 15 minutes after Alliance selection is completed.

Volunteer

The volunteers for this tournament are provided by Tiger DECA .

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of an emergency or bad weather that requires the event to be cancelled, it will be rescheduled. No refunds will be available.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

The event will be rescheduled. No refunds will be available.

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

No refunds will be available.

Waitlist

0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.

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