CANCELED Rapid Relay Rendezvous VEX IQ Robotics Competition
Middle School Teams
- Date
- 16-Nov-2024 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VIQRC-24-6197
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- N/A
- Capacity
- 30
- Spots Open
- 30
- Event Region
- Indiana
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 5
- Standard Registration Opens
- 16-Sep-2024 14:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 8-Nov-2024 18:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 1-Nov-2024 12:00 EDT
- Price
- $65.00
- This event has been canceled.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Welcome to East Noble Middle School's Rapid Relay event! We are so excited to meet you this November!
Awards:
This is an official Indiana VEX IQ State Qualifying Event that will offer TWO state spots for the winning alliance (Teamwork Champions) as well as ONE state spot for the team that is presented with the Excellence Award. Other various judged awards and the Skills Champion award will also be given! For judging, all team interviews will be conducted in person at the event, while all engineering notebooks will need to be submitted digitally through RobotEvents.com at least one week prior to the event.
Event Registration/Fees:
Any team not paid by October 25th may be removed so that space can be offered to a team on the waitlist. All payments for entry fees MUST be made in advance. Payments will not be accepted at the door.
The deadline to check-in on the day of the event is 8:15am. Teams not checked in by that time will be removed from the event and will not be included on the match list. Call Jo at 260-242-1026 if an issue arises beyond your control so we can work out the details for your arrival.
Concessions:
General concessions will be available (breakfast items, pizza by the slice, nachos, candy, drinks, etc.).
Participation and Consent:
Forms should be submitted online through Robot Events prior to the competition.
Event Details:
Grade Level: Middle School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All in-person judging except Engineering Notebooks
Grade Level: Middle School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 16-Nov-2024
Venue/Location:415 Drake Road
Kendallville, Indiana 46755
United States
Contact the Event Partner
You must login to contact this Event PartnerCode 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
Tentative Agenda:
7:30 am Doors open; Registration, Inspection Starts, Fields open for practice
8:15 am Registration Deadline
8:40 am Inspection Ends
8:45 am Driver Meeting/Opening Ceremonies
9:00 am-12:00pm Qualification Rounds, Skills Challenge Open
12:00 pm-12:40 Lunch, Skills will be open during this time
12:45 pm Finals
1:15 pm Awards
1:30 pm Event closes - safe travels home
Volunteer
We welcome volunteers for our event! Our high school robotics team (FRC 8301 Knights Robotics) and East Noble Elementary Robotics teams will be in attendance and many hands make light work, please contact Jo Smith at [email protected]. Thank you!
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations please visit the event at Robotevents.com, where we will post updates about the event status as needed. We will also attempt to send an email if a major schedule change occurs. Please feel free to contact me by phone (260-242-1026), the day of the event, for more information.
Refund and Payment Policies
Event payments are expected when you register for the event and must be completed no later than November 1st. At that time, un-paid teams may be removed from the event to allow teams on the waitlist to register.
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
If the event is canceled (due to weather or some unforeseen circumstance), registrations fees will either be refunded (less the $5 processing fee) or credited toward future event registrations, whichever each individual team would prefer.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
All requests for refunds must be made 2 weeks prior to the event. Refunds will not be given within the 2-week time frame of the event. Refunds will be processed ASAP following the event. Any refund will be less the $5 processing fee.
Judging Format
Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews:
Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event.
Engineering notebooks must be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents. Please submit your engineering notebooks digitally at least one week prior to the event.
The Innovate Award recognizes an effective and well documented design process for a novel aspect of the team’s robot design or gameplay strategy. The submission of an Engineering Notebook is a requirement for the Innovate Award. The team must indicate to Judges where this aspect can be found in their Engineering Notebook via the Innovate Award Submission Information Form, placed behind their Engineering Notebook's front cover. Teams can only submit a single aspect for consideration at an event. The team who earns the Innovate Award should be among the top contenders for the Design Award.
Key criteria of the Innovate Award are:
- Teams identify a specific section or specific pages in their notebook covering the origin and development of a single design element, strategy, or other attribute that is a key part of their team’s robot design or gameplay.
- This design element, strategy, or other attribute is unique or uncommon among Innovate Award submissions at the event.
- The development of this design element, strategy, or other attribute is well-documented from initial conception through execution.
- Engineering Notebook demonstrates a clear, complete, and organized record of the Engineering Design Process.
- The Engineering Notebook is consistent with the qualities demonstrated in the team interview and robot design.
- Both the Team Interview and Engineering Notebook demonstrate independent inquiry from the beginning stages of their design process through execution.
- Team demonstrates effective management of time, personnel, and resources.
- Team Interview demonstrates their ability to explain their robot design and game strategy.
- Team Interview demonstrates effective communication skills, teamwork, professionalism, and a student-centered ethos.
Note: Submissions for the Innovate Award must be done using the Innovate Award Submission Information Form. This should be included immediately after the cover page of the team's Engineering Notebook. In the case of physical notebooks, this form can be printed out and placed in the notebook. For digital notebooks, this form can be scanned in and included.
Innovate Award Submission Information Form
All members of a team must have a release form on file.
Participant Release Form
Waitlist
16 teams are on the waitlist for this event.