Cape Elizabeth V5RC High Stakes Qualifier
- Date
- 18-Jan-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-24-8761
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 40
- Spots Open
- 1
- Event Region
- Maine
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 8
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 21-Oct-2024 15:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 7-Dec-2024 15:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 16-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 16-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Price
- $55.00
- This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Cape Elizabeth Robotics is excited to host an in-person High Stakes VEX V5 Robotics Competition Qualifier on Saturday January 18th, 2025!
Competitions are held in the Cape Elizabeth Middle School gym. Pit tables are provided in the cafeteria. An unsupervised location will be provided for cutting or drilling.
Our Robotics boosters will be selling food all day, and will offer lunch as well. Cash or Venmo accepted. There will be designated locations for eating and drinking. Following are a few steps that every team should take to ensure that they are prepared.
1. Review the High Stakes Game Manual and Inspection Checklist.
2. Make sure that all students have filled out the Participant Release Digital Form.
3. Carefully read the information below to help prepare your team for the tournament:
4. 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
- Engineering Notebook (all Digital this year!)
- Batteries and Chargers
- Laptop
- Spare Parts and Tools
- Power Strip - We will do our best to provide 1 per table but you can never have enough
5. Prep for your interviews with the judges. Practice answering some of these questions as a team:
- Tell me about what your robot does and how?
- Did you submit your Engineering Notebook? When did you start making entries?
- What part of your robot are you most proud of? Why?
- 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?
- Has your approach to the game been effective? Why?
- What does your robot do in autonomous mode? Who programed it?
- What makes your robot effective at playing this year’s game?
- 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?
- Based on your robot’s performance so far, what would you like to improve?
- Were there any other robots that inspired your robot design?
6. Remember that safety comes first, please don't bring tools that pose a safety risk to your team, or others nearby.
7. Don't forget that competitions are all about having fun! Cheer on your school and all the other teams participating.
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 18-Jan-2025
Venue/Location:14 Scott Dyer Road
Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107
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
Competitions held in the school gym. Team tables and staging areas in the cafeteria.
7:30AM Registration and Load-in (outside cafeteria)
8:30AM Registration Ends, Match schedule generated
8:45AM Event meeting
9:00AM Opening Ceremonies
9:15AM Qualification matches and Skills Challenges begin
12:30PM Lunch - Skills may run during lunch
1:00PM Qualification matches resume
2:30PM Qualification matches and Skills Challenges end
2:35PM Alliance Selection
2:45PM Elimination rounds begin
4:30PM Awards Ceremony
5:00PM Event ends
Volunteer
VEX Robotics Competitions could never happen without all of the awesome volunteers! Because of this, we are always looking for volunteers to fill many different roles. If you are interested in volunteering at this event please contact the event partner.
Volunteer Roles
- Emcee
- Field Reset
- Robot Inspector
- Judge
- Queuer
- Referee
- Scorekeeper
- Team Check-in
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event of cancelation due to weather. all registered teams will be notified via email. Cape Elizabeth Robotics will then attempt to reschedule the competition for another day.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
In the case that the event can not be run on the scheduled date we will try our best to reschedule; however, if we are not able to reschedule the event we will issue a refund to all teams registered.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
A registered team that choses to withdraw will receive a refund if and only if it notifies the event partner two weeks prior to the event registration deadline.
Please note: all refunds are less the $5.00 administrative fee collected by RECF.
Health and Safety Policies
Teams are expected to adhere to the Safety Rules outlined in the High Stakes Game Manual (rules <S1> through <S4>).
All team members at the field must wear safety glasses
Cutting should only be done at designated cutting areas (wear safety glasses!)
Teams are encouraged to bring a first aid kit. Please connect with a event staff member if first aid materials are needed.
Date: 18-Jan-2025
Cape Elizabeth Middle School14 Scott Dyer Road
Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107
United States
Travel Info
The entrance to Cape Elizabeth Middle School is from Scott Dyer Road. We will have signs directing teams to the school's entrance.
The unloading circle at the middle school is a little tight for buses, but good for vans and cars. Buses might prefer to pull into the school's parking lots and unload from there.
Webcast
Maine V5RC Events are streamed live on the Robotics Intitute of Maine's YouTube channel.
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. Teams must submit their digital engineering notebook no later than January 16th, 2025, 11:59PM.