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2026 Agenda 

WPI Sports and Recreation Center/Harrington Auditorium

Updated November 9, 2026

THURSDAY DECEMBER 3

• Campus tours will be available for participants before venue opens.  Contact WPI Admissions.

• 1400 Venue Opens
• 1430-2000 Team Registration
• 1500-2000 Inspection
• 1500-2000 Practice Area Open
• 1500-2000 Skills Challenge Open
• 1600 RBE Campus Tour - Meet at Robot Inspection area (near the Practice Field)
  • this campus tour will be Robotics Engineering focused, with access to labs and spaces used by students.  WPI Robotics Engineering Professor Emeritus Ken Stafford will lead the tour. 
• 2030 Venue Closes

FRIDAY DECEMBER 4

• 0730 Venue Opens
• 0800-1830 Practice Area Open
• 0800-18:30 Skills Field Open
• 0830-0900 Driver/Coach Meeting
• 0920-0950 Opening Ceremony
• 1000-1200 Qualifying Rounds
• 1200-1330 Lunch
• 13:15-15:00 Admissions Info Session (Sign up here)
• 1330-1800 Qualifying Rounds
• 1900 Venue Closes
   

SATURDAY DECEMBER 5

• 0730 Venue Opens
• 0800-1430 Practice Area Open
• 0800-Skills Field Open
• 0800-1100 Qualifying Rounds
• 1130 Alliance Selection
• 1130-1300 Lunch (Skills open on competition fields) 
• 1300 Skills Field Closes (or at the end of the final qualification match, whichever is later)
• 1315 Elimation Matches Begin
• 1500 Closing Ceremonies and Awards
• 1800 Venue Closes

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Volunteer registration 

If you are interested in volunteering, please feel free to email [email protected] for more information.

We will be looking for volunteers to fill all roles, but the greatest need is for volunteers that want to be near the field and judges.

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Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of inclement weather, a decision will be made on how the competition will proceed and any changes will be communicated to teams via the main contact email address and/or via live announcment in the venue. This may include a delayed start or early end to matches on a competitoin day, extending or modifying hours on some days, or removal of matches from the competition schedule in order to complete the event.  Every effort will be reasonably made to continue the event as planned.

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Payment Deadline

Payment is due by October 5th.  If payment is not received by close of business on the 5th, your team will be automatically moved to the bottom of the waitlist, and a waitlist team will be moved into the event.  This deadline will be strictly followed, please reach out to [email protected] if you are experiencing delays in payment.

Refund Policy

• There are no refunds available.

Päivämäärä: 3-Dec-2026 - 5-Dec-2026

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Parking

Parking is available in any WPI lot.  Preferred parking is in the WPI Park Ave Garage.
More information can be found here

Hotel

There are many hotels in Worcester and within a short drive of Worcester.  Please contact the hotels directly for more information and availability, and to book and pay for your rooms.

Webcast-lähetys

The event will be webcast on Friday and Saturday. Link will be updated closer to the event.

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Judging will be hybrid.  Teams are asked to have their engineering notebook link updated by 11/14 at 11:59 EST.  At that time, judges will begin accessing the notebooks for advanced review.  All other judging will be done in person at the event.

Email Blasts

Date: 9/28/2026

Subject: WAVE at WPI - Payment Deadline 1 week away!
Hello! 

You are receiving this email as a registered team for the event. As a reminder, payments are due on October 5th. 

Payments can be made on events.vex.com. 

If you have already paid, Thank you! 

Teams who are not paid by the deadline will be moved to the waitlist. 

Reach out if you have any questions or concerns, we look forward to seeing you on campus! 

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Date: 11/10/2026
Subject: WAVE at WPI - Team Information - Notebooks due 11/14

Greetings teams!   

We look forward to welcoming you to WPI for the WAVE on December 3-5, 2026!   

The agenda can be found here.  Included below are important details and additional information: 

Venue: 

• Venue opens at 2PM on Thursday.   Drop off area is located at approximately 97 Institute Rd. From this area you can walk down a ramp directly into the pit.   You can park in the Park Ave Garage and walk to an elevator that will bring you inside the venue.  You may consult this map for more info: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1U_WeXP19HO-wMf518zwNQ1NQgbM&usp=sharing 

• If you’d like a campus tour before the event opens, or during the day Friday, please visit the WPI admissions website: https://www.wpi.edu/admissions/undergraduate/visit 

• On Thursday at 4PM we will offer a Robotics Engineering specific tour given by WPI Robotics Engineering Professor Ken Stafford. This tour will only cover labs/classes and not traditional tour elements like dorms, dining halls, etc.  

• The Campus Center Food Court and Dunkin Donuts (both in the building next door) will be open during the event.  Teams are also welcome to bring their own food or order from other local businesses.   

Volunteers: 

• We are still recruiting judges, so if there are experienced people willing to judge, please let us know.

• Event t-shirts and meals are provided for volunteers. 

Judging: 

• Judging will be in person. Notebooks are due on VEX events on 11/14

Pits:  

• Pits will be located in the Robot Pits adjacent to Harrington Auditorium. In order to accommodate 8x8 pits for all, some pits will be near the practice and skills fields. There will be no chairs provided in the pits, please bring your own for your comfort. 

Skills: 

• Most of the skills time available is on Thursday from 3-8PM.  Teams can do their skills runs on the competition fields during that time.  To ensure you can get your skills runs in, plan accordingly.  

• For the remainder of the event, there will be one skills field available in the practice area.   It will be available during the open hours of the practice field on a first come first serve basis.   Teams may ONLY do skills runs (no practice) on this field.  It will close at the end of the qualification matches.   

If you have any questions, please reach out!

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