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

The tentative agenda for Remote VEX Robotics World Championship is now available. Please note that all times reflected on the agenda are in Central Time (CT).

Volunteer

We hope you will join us this year at the first-ever Remote VEX Robotics World Championship May 17-29, 2021.

Judges are critical to the scholastic sport of competitive robotics, and we realize the commitment it takes to volunteer as a judge. This year, it will take more dedicated volunteers than ever to make our judging program a success as we have expanded the number of divisions and programs for students.

Please consider volunteering as a remote judge in April and/or May (see below dates) for the Remote VEX Robotics World Championship.

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Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

Teams will be notified, via email, if any event occurs that would jeopardize the VEX Robotics World Championship.

Refund and Payment Policies

VEX Robotics World Championship registration cancellations must be received by April 30, 2021, in order to receive a full refund. All cancellations must be emailed to [email protected] with the team number and the contact information for the team. Teams that cancel on May 1, 2021, or after will not receive a refund for their registration fee.

Health and Safety Policies

Please follow local, state and federal guidelines when participating in the the VEX Robotics World Championship.

Date: 17-May-2021 - 19-May-2021

Travel Info

For the first time ever qualified teams and spectators from around the globe will be part of an exciting Remote VEX Robotics World Championship! We look forward to crowning champions of real-time remote tournaments or skills matches using the REC Foundation’s Live Remote Tournament interface. This won’t be like any VEX Worlds ever experienced, but will go down in history as the first of its kind.

Webcast

How to Watch

Join the REC Foundation and VEX Robotics on YouTube Live and be part of our Guinness World Records® attempt for the Largest Online Robot Championships during the 2021 Live Remote VEX Robotics World Championship, presented by Northrop Grumman Foundation, May 17-29, 2021.

➥ Live Remote VEX Worlds Playlist

More information, links, and playlists can be found at VEXWorlds.com.

Sponsors

Special thanks to our sponsors Northrop Grumman, VEX Robotics, Google, NASA, Texas Instruments, Autodesk, Mathworks, Dell, and Microchip.

Remote Judging

Remote Judging Requirements

Remote Judging & Digital Engineering Notebooks

Teams must submit the form (linked below) to be eligible for a judging interview and to provide the link to their Digital Engineering Notebook: 

• All teams in LRS and LRT events are eligible to submit a Digital Engineering Notebook.
• All LRS teams must submit the form within the deadlines below based on the date the team's invitation to VEX Worlds was issued for the interview to be scheduled and Digital Engineering Notebook to be considered. 
  • Resource: Live Remote Skills Remote Judging document
• All LRT teams must submit the form within the deadlines below based on the date the team's invitation to VEX Worlds was issued for the team's Digital Engineering Notebook to be considered. Judging finalists will be selected based on the quality of the engineering notebook. Judges will conduct remote interviews with award finalist teams concurrent with their LRT event. 
  • Resource: Live Remote Tournament Remote Judging document

Judging Deadlines

These deadlines are based on the date the team's invitation for VEX Worlds was issued, not the date the team registers for VEX Worlds. Teams must submit the requested information using the form (linked below) within these deadlines. To help teams meet these deadlines, teams may submit the form even if they are not yet registered and paid for VEX Worlds 2021.

Note - this email is your official invitation to VEX Worlds. The date on this email is the invitation date to reference when determining submission deadlines. If your team receives more than one invitation, you may reference the date of the latest invitation.

Click here to submit the Interview Request and Notebook Link form. You will need this information.

• Primary team contact and team information
• The preferred block of time for the team's judging interview (teams in LRS event only)
• Link to the team's Digital Engineering Notebook, if submitting a Digital Engineering Notebook (refer to the Judge Guide Addendum for guidelines on preparing the link to the team's Digital Engineering Notebook)

If you have any questions, please contact your Regional Support Manager. 

Check vexworlds.com and follow @RECFoundation on social media for updates.