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Leavitt Area High School Robotics Tournament

Date
23-Nov-2024 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-V5RC-24-9027
Program
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
VEXNet Field Control
Capacity
32
Spots Open
13
Event Region
Maine
Max Registrations per Organization
10
Standard Registration Opens
1-Nov-2024 17:00 EDT
Registration Deadline
20-Nov-2024 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
20-Nov-2024 12:00 EST
Price
$55.00
This event is closed to registration because:
  • It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

We welcome you to Leavitt Area Robotics High School annual VEX V5 Robotics Competition qualifier, and we look forward to hosting you at Leavitt Area High School on Saturday, November 23rd.

Our team will sell concessions that day as part of our fundraising effort, and breakfast, lunch, and snack items will be available.

We will be collecting engineering notebooks digitally.  Please upload them to Robot Events no later than 8 PM on Friday, November 22, so that our judges will have them ready to go for the event.  Feel free to reach out to event partner Kayleigh Getty if you need assistance with this.  We'll be happy to help.

Competition Preparation

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

  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. Check  RobotEvents Official Q&A for official rule interpretations and clarifications.

  4. Carefully read the information below to help prepare your team for the tournament:

  5.  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
    • Joystick controller and programming cable
    • Batteries and Charger
    • Laptop and power supply.
    • Power Strip - We will do our best to provide 1 per table but you can never have enough.
  6. 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 place in our designated cutting area. Students wishing to use the cutting area must provide adult supervision from their own coach/mentor/chaperone.

  7. 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: 23-Nov-2024

Venue/Location:
Leavitt Area High School
21 Matthews Way
Turner, Maine 04282
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

7:30AM  Registration and Load-in
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

If you are interested in any of the following voluenteer positions, please contact [email protected].  More information about volunteering can be found here.

  • Judge
  • Field Resetter
  • Robot Inspector
  • Queuer
  • Scorekeeper

Lunch will be provided for full-day volunteers.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

A November tournament in Maine always means the weather is a wildcard. In the event that there is inclement weather on the day of the event, all registered teams will be notified of a cancelation via e-mail.  If possible, we will reschedule the competition for another day. If we can't reschedule, teams will receive a refund for event registrations (minus the RobotEvents processing fee).

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 unable to reschedule the event, we will issue a refund to all teams registered (minus the $5 processing fee charged by RECF).

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

Full refunds (minus the $5 processing fee charged by RECF) will be issued if a team notifies the event partner in time for another team to register and fill the spot.    

Payments:

Please submit all payments by 11/20.  If registering after this date, contact event coordinator to arrange payment.

 

Health and Safety Policies

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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. The submission deadline is 8 PM Friday November 22.