The Lobstah Bowl VEX V5 Robotics Competition Spotlight Event

Informações Gerais

This year's VEX V5 Robotics Competition Spotlight Event in Maine will be held on October 30 - November 1 in 2026. This event will of course be a great opportunity for teams to compete with others from around the nation and world and experiment with early to mid season strategies.

The event will be held at the University of Maine in Orono in their spacious and airy field house.

Teams will compete over the course of 3 days for the title of Lobstah Bowl Champions.

All teams have a chance to participate in a Lobster dinner on Saturday October 31th. Cost is TBD.

The University is the flagship campus for the University of Maine System and is an R1 research University. It is also the home to the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, an advanced engineering and research facility that is home to the worlds largest 3D printers. Tours will be available to attendees throughout the duration of the event.

Skills matches will start in the afternoon of Day 1 with checkin, inspection starting at noon.

Day 2 will be Qualifications and Skills

Day 3 will finish matches and move to eliminations and finals in the late afternoon.

Payment deadline for the event is October 16th. If your school or orginization requires a lengthy period to process payment or cut a check, please start this process as soon as your teams have registered.

This event will advance 2 teams to the VEX Robotics World Championships: High School Excellence Award (1) and Middle School Excellence Award (1) as long as the 10 team threshhold is met for each category.

 

Grade Level: High School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging Team Interviews with Remote Notebook Judging Submission. Notebooks shall be submitted by the notebook submission deadline: October 16, 2026.

 

*World Spot Eligibility:
Spotlight Events will be awarded World Championship qualification spots if they meet all established criteria set forth by the Global Robotics and Science Foundation. Failure to fully comply with these criteria may result in the event being ineligible to receive World spots, regardless of prior expectations or historical precedent.

 

Nível de Avaliação: TODOS

Desafio de Habilidades Oferecidas: sim

Formato de Julgamento: Cadernos de Engenharia Remota

Desafio de Habilidades Oferecidas para equipes VURC/VAIRC: Não