NORTH SIDE CODERS VEX IQ ROBOTICS COMPETITION TOURNAMENT
ELEMENTARY(only)
- Date
- 15-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VIQRC-24-6509
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- N/A
- Capacity
- 20
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Florida - South
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 2
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 17-Dec-2024 12:00 EST
- Standard Registration Opens
- 4-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 27-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 31-Jan-2025 22:00 EST
- Price
- $65.00
- This event currently has no spaces available.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Registration Information
All participating teams must be registered with VEX Robotics and the Robot Events website and have an official team number before registering for this event. Tournament fees must be paid by JANUARY 31, 2025. Any team that is not paid by JANUARY 31, 2025 will be placed on a waiting list. Registration and payments should be made through the Robot Events website.
Welcome to NORTH SIDE CODERS VEX IQ Robotics Competition We are excited to welcome everyone back for the 2024-25 season. As always, we will try to run a fun and relaxed event.
Volunteers are welcome.
What to Expect
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2 Event Fields
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1 dedicated Skills Field
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1 Provided Practice Fields or you can bring one
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Pit tables organized per SCHOOL (quantity depends on number of teams your school brings)
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1 power station (Bring your Own Charger)
Inspection
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Size will be determined with a 2' x 6' field portion.
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Robots will be placed on the field portion, and a sizing tool will be run across the robot to ensure the 15" height restriction.
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To avoid crowding, please send only 2 team members to the sizing table
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Once Sized, a second inspector will complete your inspections paperwork
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Reminder: Zip Ties are NOT legal Vex IQ components, even for cable management. Robots with zip ties will NOT pass inspection.
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Reminder: Cables and Wires ARE PART OF YOUR ROBOT. They cannot extend beyond the robot maximum size at any time.
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Reminder: Robots cannot exceed 15" tall at any time. If you have moving parts on your robot, they MUST be inspected at maximum extension.
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Please Review Sizing Rules in the Game Manual and ensure your robot never exceeds the 24"x72"" x 15" maximum size.
Participation and Consent Form
A completed form for all participants must be uploaded to robotevents.com prior to the tournament. Team leaders will need to check that all team members attending the event have completed the online consent form prior to the tournament. Instructions on how to upload consent forms in English or Spanish is given here: VEX Consent Form (English) or VEX Consent Form (Spanish)
Grade Level: Elementary
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 15-Feb-2025
Venue/Location:120 Northeast 11th Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33304
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
Agenda:
Doors Open at 7:45 a.m.
Check in and inspections: 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
Opening and Drivers meeting at 9:00 a.m.
Skills open 9:30 a.m.
Qualification Matches begin at 10:00 a.m.
Lunch 12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Skills 12:45 p.m. until the end of Qualification Matches.
Qualification Matches 12:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Finals 3:30 to 4:00 p.m.
Awards 4:00 p.m,
Volunteer
Volunteers are always welcome and greatly appreciated! All volunteers are trained at the event, so there is no prior experience required. Some roles are for adults only, but many are open to students. All volunteers will be provided free lunch and drinks.
Students can earn community service hours for volunteering at the event! Students must bring a physical copy of their school's service hour form to the event to be signed by the Event Partner.
If you are interested in volunteering, please email [email protected] with the subject line "Robotics Volunteer".
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event of an emergency cancellation or other change in plans, teams will be notified via the team contact information available through RobotEvents. Please check to insure contact emails and phone numbers are correct and up-to-date.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
Refunds will only be made if the event is canceled. Refunds will not include the $5 processing fee assessed by Robot Events for processing.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event and then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
Registrations will not be refunded for teams that register but choose not to come. Any team unpaid by payment January 31, 2025 will be removed from the registered team list without notification and placed on the waiting list.
Judging Format
All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in person during the event.
- All teams will receive at least one interview in their pit.
- ALL notebooks must be turned on Saturday morning by the close of morning Check-In, DO NOT TURN IN NOTEBOOKS FRIDAY NIGHT; only physical notebooks will be accepted - no digital links, thumb-drives, or QR codes will be accepted.
- Every team gets an interview! Prepare your team by looking over the questions on p. 41 in the Guide to Judging. All teams will be asked the same (3-5) questions for the initial interview. Interviews will last no more than 13 minutes giving every team equal access to the judges.