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

(schedule subject to change)

3/6/26 - Setup

If interested in helping setup, please email [email protected] 

3/7/26 - Day of Event

7:00 am

Doors open for volunteers

7:15 am

Doors open for teams

Inspection begins (please have teams get to inspection ASAP)

8:15 am

Inspection closes - all teams must be inspected

8:30 am

Drivers meeting

8:45 am

Morning qualification matches begin

Skills opens

12:00 pm

Lunch starts

Skills fields close

12:45 pm

Lunch ends

Afternoon qualification matches start

Skills fields open

3:45 pm

Qualification matches end

Skills fields close

4:00 pm

Elimination matches begin

5:30 pm

Finals and awards

6:00 pm

End:)

Volunteer

We are always looking for volunteers!  If you want to help, please contact Jess Zarchi at [email protected] with your expierience and availability:)

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

Our venue is indoors, so we will be able to host the event even if it is raining.  

Refund and Payment Policies

Payment

Payment must be received 4 weeks from registration, or 2 weeks before the event, whichever comes first.  Open spots within 2 weeks of the event will be handled on a case-by-case basis.  This is needed to cover event costs. 

Refunds

If the Event Partner cancels the event, then all entries that have paid will be reimbursed minus the $5.00 fee that RobotEvents takes.

We cannot process refunds if a coach/mentor completes registration for the event and then chooses to withdraw or not attend.

Date: 7-Mar-2026

Travel Info

This event will be hosted at Rolling Robots in Palos Verdes

Webcast

The event will be live streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/@roboticsisez

Judging Format

Digital engineering notebook submissions & in person team interviews

Notebooks will be due digitally 6am day of the event. 

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.