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

Wednesday 4th December -Bump In, Robot Inspection, Girl Powered Workshop

8:30am-5:00pm - Bump In (volunteers welcome)

12:00pm- Team Inspection and Check in (JR Fleming Stand - ground floor)

4:00pm - Girl Powered Workshop (JR Fleming Stand- First floor)

Thursday 5th December -Competition Day 1

8:30am - Doors open 

8:30am - Opening Ceremony 

9:15am -Drivers Meeting

10:00am - First Match

12:00pm -1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm - Quals continue 

5:00pm- Last Match Day 1

5:10pm - Venue close

Friday 6th December- Competiton Day 2 

8:20am - Doors open

8;30am -Quals continue.

8:30 - 10:30 VEXU skills

10:30-12;00- VEXU Quals

11;00-11:30am- Alliance Selection (Middle School)

11:30am - 12:00 Alliance Selection (Middle School)

12:00pm- 1:00pm Lunch

1:00am- VEXU Finals

1:30pm - V5RC Finals 

3:00 pm - IQ Finals

4:00pm- Award Ceremony

5:00pm -Venue Close

5:30pm- Bump out and pack down (Volunteers welcome) 

Volunteer

This event is not possible without Volunteers. 

Volunteers will be provided with online training and will have dedicated team leaders. Volunteers will be provided catering, an event shirt and a Fast Pass (to use on the Skills Field ) 

Volunteer roles include: 

Field Resetters -rest the fields after play

Queuing Team - maintain the match schedule by coralling teams as they line up in the clearly marked waiting bays.

Score Keepers - data input using tables provided by VEX. Tablets use an image based platform to input the scores. All scorekeepers will have the support of a certified Head Ref

Judges - Judges will be needed from November the 15th 2024 to remotely access engineering notebooks via their own personal devices from the comfort of their own homes and mark engineering notebooks using a standard, publicly available rubric. On site from December 5th-6th 2024, Judges will be needed to conduct interviews with teams using a standard, publicly available rubric.

If you are intersted in Volunteering please fill out this Volunteer form, or email [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

Should the weather be deamed unsafe, the event will be canceled. 

As per the Qualifying Criteria, should the National Championships need to be canceled, teams will be selected from the World Skills Standings to represent Australia at the World Championships in 2025.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

If the event is canceled due to Weather or Covid-19, teams will not recieve a refund.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:

Should a team wish to withdraw, they will need to request this via email to [email protected] by COB November the 21st 2024. No refunds will made avialable after November the 21st 2024.

Judging Format

•  Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation  via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents. Submission of the Link is due by Nov 13th 2024. Notebooks can still be updated after the link has been provided.

Event Payment

Please make sure to pay by the due date. Teams who have not paid before arriving at the Australian National Championships will be unable to compete. 

Age Information

V5RC - 

Student – A person is considered a Student if they meet both of the following criteria: 

1. Anyone who is earning or has earned credit toward a secondary school (i.e., high school) diploma, certificate, or other equivalent during the six (6) months preceding the VEX Robotics World Championship. Courses earning credits leading up to high school would satisfy this requirement.

 2. Anyone born after May 1, 2005 (i.e., who will be 19 or younger at VEX Worlds 2025). Eligibility may also be granted based on a disability that has delayed education by at least one year.

 • Middle School Student – A Student born after May 1, 2009 (i.e., who will be 15 or younger at VEX Worlds 2025). Any Students who meet this criteria may also compete as High School Students.

 • High School Student – Any eligible Student that is not a Middle School Student.

Ticketing

Robot Inspection/Check and the Girl Powered Workshop in will be on Wednesday the 4th of December.

Competition days will be Thursday the 5th and Friday the 6th of December 2024.

- Each Person will need a  Humanitix ticket to enter the event

House Rules

Wednesday 4th December

Pit areas are CLOSED on Wednesday 4th and cannot be accessed to leave items. Please only bring your robot and essential items.

Practice Fields are CLOSED on Wednesday 4th and cannot be used.

Thursday 5th December

G1 -Treat each other with respect. Poor behaviour will be frowned on and can lead to disqualification and removal of team.

G2 - This is a student centred game. Adults are not to work on robots or code. Please respect the game.  

No Adults in the Pits - adults are not to enter the pit areas for V5RC or VIQRC

Be Safe - Wear protective glasses on field. Do not run. 

Friday 6th December 

G1 -Treat each other with respect. Poor behaviour will be frowned on and can lead to disqualification and removal of team.

G2 - This is a student centred game. Adults are not to work on robots or code. Please respect the game.  

No Adults in the Pits - adults are not to enter the pit areas for V5RC or VIQRC

Be Safe - Wear protective glasses on field. Do not run. 

World Championships Spots

World Championship Spots - According to the RECF Qualification Criteria 

Excellence

Tournament Champions

Design 

Robot Skills Champion

Live Stream Links

Thursday -Day 1 

vexaus.live/vrc2024day1

Friday - Day 2 

vexaus.live/vrc2024day2