General Info

TSA affiliated teams have registration priority. If your team is NOT TSA affiliated, it will be waitlisted until registration closes. If at that time open spots exist, your team may be added to the tournament and you will be notified.

TSA affiliated and Kansas TSA State Conference registered and paid VEX robotics teams already have the cost of this registration covered (it is included in the TSA State Conference registration fee). Therefore, if your team meets this criteria, select pay later for PAYMENT METHOD.

There are NO QUALIFICATION MATCHES in this tournament. Skills rankings determine the 8 seeds for the elimination rounds. Each team will have a maximum of 3 autonomous and 3 driver skills matches. See the event schedule, listed under the AGENDA link and the official VEX Spin Up game manual for more information.

https://content.vexrobotics.com/docs/2022-2023/vrc-spin-up/VRC-SpinUp-Game-Manual-2.2.pdf

TEAMS MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING TO COMPETE:

Consent Form - A completed VEX REC Consent form ELECTRONICALLY UPLOADED for each team member.

https://www.roboticseducation.org/documents/2018/03/participant-release-form.pdf/

Robot Inspection Checklist - A Robot Inspection Checklist with the Team's i.d. number and member initials.

https://www.roboticseducation.org/documents/2019/05/vrc-robot-inspection-checklist.pdf/

OTHER INFORMATION:

Food & Drinks

Outside food and drinks are acceptable at this venue. Please be courteous and care for your items so as to leave the venue in as good or better condition than found upon arrival.

General Information

Competition Preparation: This event is sure to be fast-paced and exciting. All teams should come prepared for competition. Here are a few steps that every team should take to ensure that they are prepared.

1. Review the rules and run through the inspection checklist about a week before the competition so that there is ample time for adjustments.

2. Check the official VEX forums for rule updates and changes.

3. Pack for the event the day before the day of departure. 

Here are a few items that you don't want to forget.

Goggles/Safety Glasses

Spare parts & tools

Batteries and chargers

Programming cable

Power strip

Laptop computer

Banners and other decorations for your team pit

Giveaways if you have them

4. Remember that safety comes first, please don't bring tools that pose a safety risk to your team, or others nearby as the venue is a very tight fit. Also, remember no grinding or other actions that create sparks.

5. Understand how the game will be played.

6. Read through the Robot troubleshooting guide.

7. To ensure that you have the latest version of firmware make sure that you have the latest update of your programming software.

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: No Judging