Eastern Utah VEX V5 - Middle/High School

Información general

General Info

VEX competitions can be very engaging. We hold ours in our commons where we can comfortably accommodate a lot of spectators. We try to create a friendly environment for spectators.

Register on Time

Anyone who has run a tournament knows that the sooner you have an accurate count of who is coming, the happier you are. Thank you to all who register early.

Digital Engineering Notebooks

All engineering notebooks need to be in digital format and submitted by 4:00 pm Mountain Time, Friday, December 4th.  Notebooks are submitted through the team's events.vex.com logins by one of the team's registered contacts- How to Submit a V5RC Digital Notebook. Check your link to ensure it works properly. All teams will be interviewed by the judges, but only those who submit a digitial engineering notebook, on time, will be considered for the Excellence, Design, and Innovate awards. 

Competition Preparation

The best way for you to avoid problems is to arrive early enough to take care of any problems that may arise. All teams should come prepared to be inspected in a timely manner and to compete in their scheduled matches. If all teams are ready we will start early and end early. Here are a few steps that every team should take to ensure that they are prepared.

1. Review the game rules (override-v1.1.pdf) and run through the inspection checklist (V5-Inspection-Checklist-Two-Pages-Letter-v1.3) about a week before the competition so that there is ample time for adjustments.

2. Check the official Q&A for the latest rule updates, changes, and clarifications.

3. Carefully read all of the information contained in the tournament posting on events.vex.com

4. Pack for the event the day before the day of departure. Here are a few items that you don't want to forget.
        Goggles/Safety Glasses
        Spare parts & tools
        Batteries and chargers
        Programming cable
        Power strip
        Laptop computer
       
5. Review the descriptions and criteria for the awards that are being given during the tournament. In particular the requirements for the Design Award figure into all of the judged awards that will be given at this tournament: Judges, Innovate, Design, and Excellence. You can find more detail in the Judging Guide.

6. Prep for your interviews with the judges. Our judges will be practicing engineers who are willing to give up a Saturday to help with our competition.

7. Remember that safety comes first, please don't bring tools that pose a safety risk to your team, or others nearby as the venue is a tight fit. Also, remember no grinding or cutting in the school. 

8. Ensure that you have the latest version of firmware on your robot brain. 

9. We will be using VEX Smart Field Control. Please ensure that you have your team number in your robot brain. See Smart Field Control – REC Library (roboticseducation.org) for details.

Participation and Consent Form

VEX Participation and Consent Forms only need be completed once per season. Instructions for the Participation and Consent form can be found at https://events.vex.com/consent/ (You may have to copy and paste this link into your browser.)

Skills Challenges

Per REC Foundation guidelines, all teams will be allowed 3 Programming Skills attempts and 3 Driver Skills attempts. Attempts of one type that are not used are not transferable.  The Skills fields will close at the conclusion of the Qualifying Matches. 

 

 

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

 

Nivel de grado: Todo

Desafío de habilidades ofrecido: Sí

Formato de evaluación: Cuadernos de ingeniería remota

Desafío de habilidades ofrecido para equipos VURC/VAIRC: No