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Redbird Robotics Competition (MS/HS)

VEX V5 Robotics Competition High Stakes

Date
18-Jan-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-V5RC-24-8016
Program
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
Smart Field Control
Capacity
44
Spots Open
0
Event Region
Kentucky
Early-Bird Registration Opens
23-Sep-2024 12:00 EDT
Standard Registration Opens
7-Dec-2024 12:00 EST
Registration Deadline
11-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
11-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
Price
$75.00
This event is closed to registration because:
  • This event currently has no spaces available.
  • It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

Welcome to Redbird Robotics VEX V5 Robotics Competition! 

Hello Teams,

Thank you for signing up for our event. Please complete your payment before the event payment deadline, January 11th.  

Participant Release Form:

Participant Releases are Electronic and must be submitted by January 11th. The link is the Document Tab.

Notebooks:

If your team is submitting a notebook please have a digital version submitted on RobotEvents by January 11th.

Inspections:

Coaches, Please help speed up our inspection time in the morning of by checking your students robots prior to the day of the event and have the team members update the Firmware to the brain. Also, make sure students robots will only have one visible color for the license plate showing at a time. Inspection must include poly sheet diagram for the inspectors to ensure within limits.  If anything is in question of legality, please be able to prove that it is.

Team Meeting:

Our Head Referees and scorekeepers will be well versed in the rules and highly passionate about the game. We encourage your teams to bring all your questions to the meeting and we will do our best to offer clarity.  

Skills Field:

As soon as you have passed inspection, your team may enter the skills field line.  We will have the GPS CODE wrapped around the perimeter. Skills field will close promptly at the start of Elimination matches.  Those running skills will be brought over to the elimination matches to help referee.

Qualification Matches:

Our Goal is start matches at 9:30 AM. Each team will have at least 6 qualification matches.

Lunch:

We currently have a Lunch break scheduled for our awesome volunteers from 12:00-12:30 pm, but this is subject to change.

Food Pizza

Pizza and drink order form will be sent out January 6th and need to be sumbitted by January 10th.
Due to UofL Policy, we are not permitted to provide outside food though we have an excpetion for pizza. There is also a food court in the building though lunch time is limited and there are other events in the building.

Chick-fil-A, Wendy's, and Eiffel Pizza are going to be open but there may be long lines.

Alliance Selection:

Our Goal is start this process around 4:00 PM.

Awards:

We will be awarding 7 Judged honors (Excellence, Design, Innovate, Think, Amaze, Build, and Judges) along with Tournament Champions, Tournament Finalists, and Skills Champion.  If we have enough Middle school teams sign up we will do High School and Middle School Excellence Awards.

Thank you for attending and helping to support our Redbird Robotics VexU team!
Any questions or comments: [email protected]


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 18-Jan-2025

Venue/Location:
UofL Swain Student Activities Center
2100 S Floyd St
Louisville, Kentucky 40208
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

8:00 am Doors Open
8:00 am Inspection Begins
8:15 am Skills Opens for Inspected Teams
9:15 am Opening Ceremony & Event Meeting
9:15 am Event Qualifying Matches Begins
12:00 pm Lunch Break
12:30 pm Qualifying Matches Resume
4:00 pm Qualifying Matches End/Robot Skills End
4:15 pm Alliance Selection
4:30 pm Eliminations begin
5:30 pm Awards
5:45 pm Event Ends

Volunteer

Volunteer Coordinator: Gary Osborne

Sign-Up: Redbird Robotics Competition Volunteer

Experience Level: No previous experience is needed for most volunteer positions.

Time Commitment: You can register for an entire day, or just a portion of the day as your schedule permits for most positions.

Meals: Lunch and hospitality area provided for all volunteers.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

The event may be rescheduled in case of emergency/bad weather. Coaches will be contacted if issues arise.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

  • All but 5.00 dollars will be returned to teams

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

  • Refunds will not be given to teams cancelling less than two weeks before the competition. Refunds will be sent out from the event to teams who cancel in due time. If teams registered and paid through robotevents we must receive the funds from robotevents first, this sometimes takes 3-6 months. Refund from robotevents will deduct 10%.

 

Webcast

https://www.youtube.com/live/DNuSGA05I8M?feature=shared

We have a Robosource dinosaur plush to give away.  If you can answer the following question first.  If you are sure of the answer, find the event partner and tell him, Gary Osborne at the competition.  One chance only per person.

What does the clock tower represent in terms of the Redbird Robotics Competition? (It is not the location of the event.)

See picture in RobotEvents

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. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.