CANCELED - MidContinent Molten Gobotics VEX IQ Challenge Hosted by BP

General Info

Welcome

Welcome to the MidContinent Molten Goobotics VEX IQ Tournament.

Judging

The Judged awards will Incude two Excellence Awards ( Either a first and second place or a Middle School and an Elementary School), A Judges Award, a Sportsman Ship Award, a STEM Resarch Project Award, and two Design Awards (either a first and second place or Elementary and Middle School), so please remember to bring your Design Notebook and leave it with the person at the Check-In table. Performance Awards Include the two first place Teamwork Awards and a skills challlenge award.  The Excellence and Design awards for Middle school and Elementary school require 10 participants at each level.  If there is insufficient of either then these will become First and Second place awards   

Concessions

Concessions will not be offered at this event. We encourage you to bring food, drink and snacks for the day. Thank you for your cooperation.

Competition Preparation

All teams should come prepared for competition. Here are a few steps that every team should take to ensure that they are prepared:

1. All participants and attendees should register prior to the event date.  The competition is being hosted by BP at their naperville facilities.  In order to facilitate a safe tournament please provide a list of all attendees team members and parents or other spectators by February 9th to [email protected]. This will save time entering the campus. It is recommended that the coaches forward the registration email to all parents and ask them to register their own families.  Coaches should only register themselves and team members.

2. Review the rules and run through the inspection checklist about a week before the competition so your team has ample time for adjustments. The inspection checklist can be found on the Documents tab. Additional information on rules can be found on the Official VEX Forums or the following link. https://events.vex.com/season/121/document/29/download

3. Read the document 101 Things I Wish I’d Know Before My First VEX Tournament, which can be found on the Document tab or at the provided link.       https://www.roboticseducation.org/documents/2013/06/101-things.pdf

4. Pack for the event the day before, and remember to bring the following:

• Spare parts 
• Batteries and chargers
• Programming cable
• Power strip
• Laptop computer

5. Remember that safety comes first. Please don't bring tools that pose a safety risk to your team or others nearby.  Vex IQ requires no tools, please ask ahead of time if a given tool is appropriate.

6. Robots perform optimally after updating firmware, even if the current version is the most up to date.

7. Each player and coach/mentor must have a completed and signed Participation and Consent Form. The team coach/mentor will need to collect the completed forms for all team members attending the event and turn them in at the check-in table. The form can be found on the Documents tab.

Waiting List

If this event is full, please feel free to add your team to the Waiting List and then contact the Event Partner (Primary Contact on the General Info tab). The Event Partner will let you know about possible openings for the event. If you are moved from the Waiting List to the Registered Teams List, please be prepared to pay for the event promptly at your events.vex.com account, or make arrangements with the Event Partner to pay directly at the tournament.

Walk-up Teams & Walk-Up Skills

Walk-up teams WILL NOT be permitted to compete, either in the tournament or to run Skills Only. There are no exceptions. If your team wishes to compete, they must register before the registration deadline.

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes