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Date
24-Oct-2026 Add to Calendar
Event Code
VE-U-26-66218
Program
VEX U Robotics Competition
Event Type
Open Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
Smart Field Control
Capacity
12
Spots Open
10
Event Region
Texas - Region 4
Max Registrations per Organization
2
Standard Registration Opens
22-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
Registration Deadline
17-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
Payment Deadline
1 week before event
Price
$100.00

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General Info

General Info

Welcome VEX U teams to the Texas VEX U, hosted by  Anderson  Robotics (ausTIN CANs 2158).

This event is open to the public, so feel free to invite family members and/or relatives to the competition to cheer your team on and watch these robots battle for a spot at Worlds. Click here to learn more about this season’s game, VEX Override!

Event Day Preparation

There are several things all teams must prepare for the competition. Please read the following carefully to prepare your team to have the best time competing:

  1. New Season = New Rules. Please make sure to read the game manual and any Q&As relevant for this event as it will be a first for many in attendance.

  2. Go through the inspection checklist to confirm your robot will pass inspection smoothly at the event.

  3. Double check you have all your robot related items, tools, spare parts, batteries, computers, and safety glasses for the competition.

  4. We are using the Smart Field Control for this competition. Please double check that your robot brain is updated to the latest version.

  5. Each student and coach/mentor must have a completed and signed Consent Form in order to compete. This form can be found on the VEX Events page in the Dashboard section. Click on the Consent Form for your team, and fill out the appropriate form.

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging


Grade Level: College

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 24-Oct-2026

Venue/Location:
Anderson High School
8403 Mesa Drive
Austin, Texas 78759
United States

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Agenda

Agenda

Here is the tentiative event day agenda. Please note that this is subject to change before and during the event.
Last Updated 08/31/26 - Planning to run 9 matches / team

7:30 AM - Volunteer Arrival
8:00 AM - Doors open / Team Check-In / Inspections
8:30 AM - Skills Open
9:30 AM - Inspection Closes / Drivers Meeting / Opening Ceremonies
No later than 10:00 AM - Qualification Matches Begin
12:00 PM - Lunch Break (Skills reopens 12:30 PM)
1:00 PM - Qualification Matches Resume
No later than 3:00 PM - Elimination Matches Begin / Awards throughout elimination
~5:30 PM - Closing Ceremonies / Teardown and Cleanup

Volunteer

Anderson Robotics members will be volunteering at this event.

 

We will allow a limited number of teams to come in during the evening prior to the event to assist in setup. Teams that aid in setup will be allowed to use the fields for practice and scims the night before. If you would like to help setup for the competition, or will have teams show up the day prior, please contact the Event Partner.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the rare case that some kind of emergency situation, bad weather, or other extunatiing circumstance that is out of our control, occurs during or before the scheduled competition day, and warrents the cancelation of the event, the Event Partner will cancel the event. Please see the Refund and Payment Policy tab for more information should this rare case arise in the future.

Refund and Payment Policies

Refund and Payment Policies

Full payment is due 2 weeks prior to the event unless an alternate payment method has been discussed with the primary coach/mentor of the team and the Event Partner. After this, unpaid teams will be moved to the waitlist allowing other teams a chance to attend the event. In this case, the EP will reach out to the teams on the waitlist to confirm whether they are still interested in the event. Waitlisted teams will be added in the order of those who have attended fewer competitions and then to those registered to the waitlist earlier. A team selected from the waitlist will have 24 hrs from the timestamp of the reminder email to confirm attendance and pay the registration fee.

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 
All teams currenty regisitered will recieve a full refund. These refunds will be sent out roughly a month following the intended event date.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
If a team completes registration for the event and decides to withdraw less than 2 weeks before the event or the team decides not to attend the day of the competition, they will not receive a refund. This is a hard deadline.

Teams running late should immediately inform the Event Partner or notify someone already at the event who can relay this information to the Event Partner. Extenuating circumstances will be handled on a case-by-case basis at the sole discretion of the Event Partner.
Please contact the EP with any questions or to discuss alternate forms of payment.

 

Judging Format

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.

 

Waitlist

0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.

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