Robotics Education & Competition Foundation
Inspiring students, one robot at a time.
Inspiring students, one robot at a time.
Event Code: RE-TVRC-21-4370
Program: TSA VEX Robotics Competition
Type of Event: Tournament
Capacity: 50 / Spots Open: 50%+
Registration Deadline: Tue, Jun 1, 2021 9:00 AM EDT
Date: 06/01/2021 - 06/04/2021
Grade Level: All
Robot Skills Challenge Offered: No
Judging Format: Remote judging
Teams must be registered on robotevents.com as a TVRC team for the 2020-21 season and be registered for the 2021 National TSA Conference. Registration on Robot Events is free.
Each team will be required to submit an electronic Engineering Notebook (can be a scanned copy of a handwritten notebook). This notebook will show the design process for a robot that is designed to play this year’s VRC: Change Up.
Each team will also create a maximum 3-minute video explaining their design process and showing what they have prepared as part of their finished design. This could include demonstrating their robot playing the game, different functions of their robot (with or without game objects), or if the team does not have a physical robot, they could show drawings and/or models of their design. Not having a physical robot will not reduce the team’s potential score.
The video must be posted to YouTube, SchoolTube or an equivalent platform. Links to Google Drive or Dropbox are not permitted and will result in disqualification.
Teams will be given a link to a Google Form to submit their notebook and a link to their video.
Teams will be judged using the REC Foundation Design Award Rubric found using the following link.
The Engineering design notebook uses page 1 of the rubric and the video will use page 2 of the rubric.
Round 1:
Teams will be randomly grouped into groups of 10. The top 5 from each group will move on to the next round.
Round 2:
Teams will be randomly grouped into groups of 10. The top 5 from each group will move on to the next round.
Round 3:
Remaining teams are kept in a single group. The top 10 teams will be ranked in order and submitted to National TSA for recognition.
June 1: Teams must be registered for this event.
June 4: Teams must have their notebook and video submitted using the Google link they recieve when they register.
June 1-4: Teams must submit their entries by completing the Google Form. Late entries will not be judged.
June 7: Round 1 of Judging
June 8: Round 2 of Judging
June 9-11: Round 3 of Judging and submission of results to National TSA.
No volunteers are needed for this event.
Please contact support@roboticseducation.org if you are unable to submit your entry due to emergencies or bad weather by the deadline. Late entries will not be accepted except for extreme circumstances.
There is no additional fee for this contest.