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Rubber City Rumble - Presented by Akron Roobotics

VEX U Robotics Competition™ Override™

Datum
8-Jan-2027 Zum Kalender hinzufügen
Event-Code
RE-VURC-26-5028
Programm
VEX U Robotics Competition
Ereignistyp
Open Tournament
Ereignis-Format
In-Person
Feldkontrollsystem
Smart Field Control
Kapazität
15
Spots geöffnet
-
Event-Region
Ohio
Die reguläre Anmeldung ist eröffnet.
10-Aug-2026 12:00 EDT
Anmeldefrist
6-Jan-2027 12:00 EST
Zahlungsfrist
January 1, 2027
Preis
$100.00
Dieses Ereignis ist für die Registrierung geschlossen, weil:
  • Registration opens at a future date.

Allgemeine Info

The Akron Roobotics team is excited to present the Rubber City Rumble VEX U Robotics Competition™ Tournament at the University of Akron! This event will showcase 3 fields, 1 field for the competition, 1 skills field, and 1 practice field and will run simultaneously with a VEX V5 Robotics Competition™ Middle School tournament.

Lunch will be provided for the teams and a hospitality room will be provided for coaches, advisors, and volunteers.

No concessions will be available outside of the provided lunch, however the venue features resturants such as Chick-fil-A and Dunkin Donuts.


Grade Level: College

Fähigkeiten-Herausforderung angeboten: Ja

Bewertungsformat: Alle persönlichen Bewertungen

Event-Daten & -Standorte

Datum: 8-Jan-2027

Ort/Ort:
Jean Hower Taber Student Union
303 Carroll Street
Akron, Ohio 44325
United States

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Agenda

7:00 a.m. Staff and volunteers arrive
8:00 a.m. Team arrival
8:15 a.m. Robot inspections begin
9:00 a.m.  Opening ceremonies / Referee Meeting

9:30 a.m. Qualifying matches begin and interviews with Judges begin

3:30 p.m. Sklills Closes (or after the last qualification match is completed, whichever comes first)
4:00 p.m. Alliance Selection

5:00 p.m. Awards and closing remarks

Freiwilliger

All Volunteers are welcome! We are collecting volunteers for both tournament dates January 8th and January 9th. Please fill out this form if you are interested! Rubber City Rumble Tournaments Volunteering Form – Fill out form

 

*For VEXU only* Those teams that volunteer for our High School tournament on January 9th 2027 will be allowed to run additional skills runs at that tournament after skills closes. The deadline to decide to volunteer for this offer is December 19th 2026, after this date this section will be removed from this page.

Notfall-/Schlechtwetterrichtlinie

The event will be hosted as long as the university is open. Coaches / Organizations will be notified if the university is closed due to inclement weather. 

Rückerstattungs- und Zahlungsrichtlinien

If the Event Partner cancels the event: Refunds will only be issued if the event is cancelled.

 

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: Refund will be given if we are able to replace your team only if the event is full.

 

Datum: 8-Jan-2027
Jean Hower Taber Student Union
303 Carroll Street
Akron, Ohio 44325
United States

Reiseinformationen

Free parking is provided in Lot 34. This lot will be first come first serve. There are 318 total spaces. If you arrive and Lot 34 is full, unfortunately parking will be $11.00 and can be bought using this link: https://akron.thepermitstore.com/purchase.php Permits bought using this link will allow you to park in any other university lot (we suggest Lot 37 as it is the closest lot to the student union).

Dropoff will be in the loop in front of the Jean Hower Taber Student Union.

Buses will park for free in Lot 9 by InfoCision Stadium.

Webcast

This event will be streamed live on the Akron Roobotics YouTube channel.

Links will be added closer to the day of the event.

Live stream with commentary:

Live stream without commentary:

Bewertungsformat

All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.

 

*Important note* Please come prepared with your notebooks printed. We will not be printing any team's notebooks on the day of the event.