Robotics Education & Competition Foundation
Inspiring students, one robot at a time.
Inspiring students, one robot at a time.
Event Code: RE-VIQC-19-0258
Program: VEX IQ Challenge
Type of Event: Tournament
Capacity: 24 / Spots Open: 2
Event Region: California - North
Max Registrations per Organization: 3
Price: $75.00
This event is closed to registration because:Date: 12/01/2019
Venue/Location:
Grade Level: All
Robot Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
STEM Research Offered: Yes
Los Altos Robotics is pleased to be hosting its third annual VEX Tournament on December 1, 2019 at Blach Intermediate School in Los Altos. The event is open to middle and elementary school teams.
Los Altos Robotics is a small community organization dedicated to introducing children to robotics. We are not affiliated with a school or any other organization and consequently we REQUIRE each team to provide volunteers and/or competition fields as a condition of participating in the tournament. If your team is not able to provide volunteers then please do not register for this tournament. We will ask you for a preferred time slot for your volunteer role and we will try to accommodate you as best we can with a volunteer assignment. However, the jobs will be assigned on a first to volunteer basis so it is possible you may be assigned another time slot if you are one of the later teams to provide a volunteer. Here is a list of some of the volunteer roles: https://www.roboticseducation.org/volunteer-resources/
Teams must provide volunteers by November 22. Teams that have not provided a volunteer by that date will be dropped in favor of teams on the waiting list.
We will offer space for 24 teams with a maximum of three teams per school.
Parking is on school grounds or on the street.
LATE Arrivals
Teams must be checked in 45 minutes prior to the start of the qualification matches so that the match schedule may be printed. Teams must contact the event partner if they are running late or they will be removed from the team list for the event.
Team Payment
Teams must pay the registration fees by November 11. Teams not paid by that date will be dropped in favor of teams on the waiting list. Teams that advise the event partner by November 22 that they are withdrawing from the tournament will receive a refund of their registration fee, less the $5 fee charged by VEX.
If we are unable to hold the event due to an emergency then the event partner will refund the registration fees.
Here is a brief overview of the schedule.
8:00 a.m. Doors open
8:15 a.m. Team Check-In
8:15 a.m. Robot Inspection
9:15 a.m. Opening Ceremony
9:30 am Drivers’ meeting
9:45 am Practice Matches begin
10:15 am Qualifying Matches begin
11:00 am Break
11:10 am Qualifying Matches continue
12:00 pm Break for lunch
1:00 pm Matches continue
2:20 pm Matches finish
2:30 pm Elimination matches begin and Skills events Close
3:00 pm awards and closing ceremony
Teams may compete in two robot and programming skill matches each. Skills matches will be available between 9:45 and 1:30
Los Altos Robotics is a small community organization dedicated to introducing children to robotics. We are not affiliated with a school or any other organization and consequently we REQUIRE each team to provide volunteers and/or competition fields as a condition of participating in the tournament. If your team is not able to provide volunteers then please do not register for this tournament. We will ask you for a preferred time slot for your volunteer role and we will try to accommodate you as best we can with a volunteer assignment. However, the jobs will be assigned on a first to volunteer basis so it is possible you may be assigned another time slot if you are one of the later teams to provide a volunteer. Here is a list of some of the volunteer roles: https://www.roboticseducation.org/volunteer-resources/
Teams must provide volunteers by November 22. Teams that have not provided a volunteer by that date will be dropped in favor of teams on the waiting list.
The event partner will contact teams if the event must be postponed. Teams should make sure their contact information in Robotevents.com is up to date and includes both school and non-school phone numbers.
Teams must pay the registration fees by November 11. Teams not paid by that date will be dropped in favor of teams on the waiting list. Teams that advise the event partner by November 22 that they are withdrawing from the tournament will receive a refund of their registration fee, less the $5 fee charged by VEX.
If we are unable to hold the event due to an emergency then the event partner will refund the registration fees.
This season the STEM Research Project is presented as a 4-minute video plus 15 seconds of credits that the team records and uploads to SchoolTube, YouTube, or a similar online video platform. A link to the video must be submitted to the Event Partner no later than ONE WEEK BEFORE the tournament date. Follow these steps:
Derek Witte <derek_witte@yahoo.com>
REC Foundation Design Award Rubric
REC Foundation Design Award Rubric
Participant Release Form Spanish
Participant Release Form Spanish
REC Foundation Code of Conduct
REC Foundation Code of Conduct
Criteria for registered VEX IQ Challenge teams (Elementary and Middle School) to qualify for participation in championship events.
VIQC Qualifying Criteria
A description of this year's STEM Research Project
STEM Research Project Topic (2019-2020)
A description of this year's STEM Research Project Rubric.
STEM Research Project Topic Rubric (2019-2020)
VIQC Sqaured Away One Page Description.
VIQC Sqaured Away One Page Description
VIQC Robot Inspection Checklist.
VIQC Robot Inspection Checklist
Participant Release Form English
Participant Release Form