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

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Tentative Schedule of Event. Times will depend on the number of participating teams.

8:00 AM Volunteer Check In / Judge，Scorekeeper Training SAT

8:30 AM Team Check in, Pit set up, and Robot Inspection begins

8:30 AM Practice Fields open, Skills room used as practice fields

9:30 AM TEAMS NOT CHECKED IN WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE MATCH SCHE DULE

Inspection till 10am

10 AM Opening Ceremony,Drivers Meeting Pits CLOSED

10:30 AM Teamwork Matches, Robot Skills Matches, and Judging begin

12:30 PM Lunch break

12:30 PM Practice Fields open, Skills room used as practice fields

1:30 PM Matches skills and Judging resume

5:00 PM Qualification Matches ,Skills and Judging end

5:30PM 20 teams in to finals Finals Matches and Awards

7:00 PM Pits and event close. Cleanup begins

Volunteer

If you are interesteed in volunteering, please contact us at [email protected]

Volunteer to be a Remote Judge

• Coaches, mentors, and other adults are invited to volunteer as Remote Judges for events that their affiliated teams are not attending. Additional volunteer Information is available on the Remote Judge Sign-Up Form: 
• Link to form: tinyurl.com/26-RJ-Judges
• Adults affiliated with Elementary School teams can interview Middle School Teams, and vice versa.

Thank you for all that you do for students.

For additional information, contact LeRoy Nelson at [email protected]  or  310-529-4637.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations, please visit the event on Robotevents.com where updates about the event status will be posted as needed. Event Partners will also make every effort to reach teams directly in case of an emergency.  Make sure your team contact information is up to date in your robotevents.com account, as this is the information that will be used to contact your team. Teams should make sure their contact information in Robotevents.com includes both school and non-school phone numbers.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

Full refunds minus the $5.00 processing fee will be provided if the event is cancelled.

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

Full refunds minus the $5.00 processing fee may be provided at the discretion of the Event Partner.

Teams will be moved to the wait list if they have not completed the payment by February 15, 2026.  It is your responsibility to ensure that the payment has been processed in time.  We will use the visible record of payment on robotevents.com to make the determination.  

Webcast

Youtube webcast is live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIsfxqwtKaY

Judging Format

Remote Judging: Initial Team Interviews will be conducted remotely, and Engineering Notebooks will be submitted to judges electronically.

Interviews and Notebook submission deadlines and additional details are on the Remote Judging tab and sent to registered teams via email.​

Remote Judging

For information about Remote Judging, see the Guide to Judging (in the Documents tab on the event webpage).

Remote Judging Deadline:

• Monday, March 2, 2026, 5:00 PM for teams that qualify at an event by Sunday, February 22, 2026
• Friday,    March 6, 2026, 5:00 PM for teams that are invited to fill open spots after Sunday, February 22, 2026

By Remote Judging Deadline:

• Submit Remote Judging Sign-Up Form at tinyurl.com/26-RJ-SoCal-ES 
• Submit Link for Digital Engineering Notebook at RobotEvents.com, My Account
• Submit Online Participant Release Forms at RobotEvents.com, My Account

Remote Judging Team Interview Schedule:

• Sunday         March 8, 2026    4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
• Monday        March 9, 2026    4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
• Tuesday        March 10, 2026  4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
• Wednesday   March 11, 2026  4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
• Thursday       March 12, 2026  4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Remote Judging Details:

• Each team must submit a Remote Judging Sign-Up Form by the Remote Judging Deadline to be scheduled for a Remote Judging Team Interview.

  • The Sign-Up Form includes coach and alternate contact information.
  • The Sign-Up Form includes a link for a Team Photo preferably including students, coaches, mentors, and your robot with license plate visible.
  • The Sign-Up Form includes the team’s schedule preferences for Remote Judging Interviews.
    • Team Interviews will be scheduled in the order that Sign-Up Forms are received.
    • Forms submitted later replace forms submitted earlier.
• Each team must submit a Link for their Digital Engineering Notebook by the Remote Judging Deadline to be eligible for all judged awards except Judges Award and Sportsmanship Award.
  • Your team probably already did this when your team attended a previous tournament.
  • Notebooks must be Fully Developed for teams to be eligible for the Excellence, Design, or Innovate Awards.
  • Coaches should not be judges on a day when they plan to accompany their team for a scheduled team interview.
  • Teams that created hardcopy Engineering Notebooks can convert them to Digital Engineering Notebooks. For example:
    • Scan each page and submit them as a PDF (preferred).
    • Photograph each page and submit them as a Photo Gallery.
• All Remote Judging Interview participants (students and one adult) must submit the online Participant Release Form by the Remote Judging Deadline.
  • Your team members should have already done this if your team attended any previous events.
  • Any team member who does not have a Participant Release Form on file might not be allowed to participate in a Remote Judging Team Interview.
  • If the adult team member does not have a Participant Release Form on file, the team might not be allowed to participate in a Remote Judging Team Interview.
• The Remote Judging Interview Schedule will be posted shortly after the initial Remote Judging Deadline and updated daily.
  • Link to schedule: tinyurl.com/26-RJ-Sched (in the SoCal Championships tab).
  • Teams will be notified by email when the schedule is posted.
• Remote Judging Team Interviews will be conducted using Zoom Breakout Rooms.
  • Link to Team Interview Zoom meeting: tinyurl.com/26-RJ-Interview 
  • Team members can log into Zoom from a single device or from multiple devices: computers, tablets, or smartphones.
    • If using multiple devices in the same room, headphones are recommended to avoid echoes and feedback.
    • If many team members are sharing a camera, a smartphone can be used as a microphone.
  • Only team members with working video and sound will be allowed to enter Judging Breakout Rooms.
  • Team members will not be allowed to Chat or Share Screens during Remote Judging Team Interviews.
  • Team Interviews will be limited to 12 minutes.
  • Team Interviews will follow a script based on the Team Interview Rubric.
  • Judges may ask follow-up questions for clarification or to verify that the students did the work
  • Teams may show judges their robot construction and/or the most creative features of their robot.
• The Engineering Notebook Rubric and Team Interview Rubric are in Judging Documents with the Guide to Judging and Judging Resources.
  • Link to Judging Documents: tinyurl.com/26-RJ-Docs

Venue Map

The Student Work Area (pits, practice fields, and Skills area) is restricted to students and one adult team member per team. The adult must wear the team lanyard, which will be provided (one per team), to enter this area.

If you have any questions please contact the EP at [email protected]