Bow Bot Bout 2025

Bow High School V5RC Tournament

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General Info

Welcome the 3rd Annual Bow Bot Bout!

Driven by Mercedes-Benz of Manchester New Hampshire

Hosted by Bow High School We look forward to providing a fun and exciting tournament in a comfortable setting.

This event is a qualifier for the NH/VT State Championship!

We will be collecting physical notebooks. Please have a copy printed out before coming to the event. They will be turned in during check in.

Getting Ready

To ensure teams are prepared, here are several steps teams should take.

Review the High Stakes Game Manual and Inspection Checklist.
Make sure that all students have filled out the Participant Release Digital Form.
Check RobotEvents Official Q&A for official up to date rule interpretations and clarifications.
Carefully read the information below to help prepare your team for the tournament:
Pack for the event the day before the day of departure. Here are a few items that you don't want to forget:
- Safety Glasses
- Controller and programming cable
- Batteries and Charger
- Laptop and power supply if you require one
- Power Strip
  - There will be power taps under or on each table for each teams in the pit
- Tools and their chargers if needed
- Physical Copy of your Notebook
Remember that safety comes first, please don't bring tools that pose a safety risk to your team, or others nearby. All metal cutting will take under adult supervision from their own coach/mentor/chaperone.
Finally, be sure to prep for your judges' interview. Practice answering some of these questions as a team:
- What does your robot do, and how does it score points?
- How did you develop this robot design?
- Which team members built the robot?
- What part of your robot are you most proud of? Why?
- Were there any other robots that inspired your robot design? How?
- What changes did you make to improve your design during the season?
- What was the most difficult challenge your team has overcome so far?
- Did you use any sensors? What are they used for? How do they operate in your autonomous mode? How do they operate in your driver-controlled mode?
- What problems did you have in working on your robot? How did your team solve them?
- If you had one more week to work on your robot, how would you improve it?
- Has your game strategy been effective? How and why?
- Tell us about your robot’s programming; who was the primary programmer?
- What were the challenges of this year’s game that you considered before designing your robot? How did you design your robot to meet those challenges?
- What are your goals for Driver Skills and Autonomous Coding Skills scores? What are your average scores?

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 4-Jan-2025

Venue/Location:

Bow High School
55 Falcon Way
Bow, New Hampshire 03304
United States

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Code 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 - official agenda will be distributed on the day of the event.

7:30	Pits open
7:30-8:30	Registration, Inspection, & Notebook Turn In
8:45 9:00	Drivers Meeting Opening Ceremony
9:15	Qualifications Starts Judging Starts Skills Opens
12:00	Lunch Break
12:45 3:00	Matches Resume Skills Close
3:30	Alliance Selection
3:45	Elimination Matches Begin
4:45	Awards ceremony

Volunteer

If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please contact Pam Cafasso at [email protected]. We'd love to have you!

Volunteers are required to be registered before the event. Due to the logistics of this event we do not permit walk-on volunteers.

More information about volunteering can be found here.

We are looking for volunteers to fill the following roles:

Judge
Field Resetter
Robot Inspector
Queuer
Referee
Scorekeeper
Concessions

Lunch will be provided for full-day volunteers.

Volunteer sign ups close on December 20th

Sign Up for Volunteering and Concession Donations Here!

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of impending inclement weather, please monitor this tab for any announcements. The primary contact for registered teams will also be emailed and called.

If needed, the event will move to the following day (Sunday, January 5th)

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: All monies will be refunded except for the $5 Robot Events portion.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: Refunds will be granted on a case by case basis under extreme circumstances, and only if a replacement team can found and can make travel arrangements to take your place. No refunds will be given after December 20.

Date: 4-Jan-2025

Bow High School
55 Falcon Way
Bow, New Hampshire 03304
United States

Travel Info

When you Arrive

Please drop off team members and equipment at the main entrance and then proceed to a marked parking space. Numbered spaces are OK to use for the event!

Interactive map showing parking and dropoff can be found here.

Proceed into the main entrace. If you are a team or volunteer, sign in.

Webcast

Watch live at live.bowbots.org

Stream will start at 8:30AM

Judging Format

All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges during check in

Pizza Pre-Order

Click HERE to Pre-Order Pizza

We are ordering from Constantly Pizza in Concord. The discounted price is only avaiable if you pre-order by noon on Thursday, 1/2. Thank you for your prompt response!