Seattle Regional VEX IQ Robots Rock Tournament

General Info

Welcome the Seatle Regional VEX IQ Tournament hosted by Our Lady of Fatima!

The tournament will take place in the OLF Gym, which is adjacant to the school and behind the Parish Church.  You may park in the designated parking areas.

The school is best reached from 3218 W Barrett St, Seattle, WA 98199

But if you come to 3301 West Dravus Street, Seattle, WA 98119 -- the fron of the school and official address, you can use an alley way to get to the parking lot.

Check-in and Inspection

All teams wanting to compete must be checkeed in by 9:30AM, teams who are running late due to weather or other unforseen delays should text 2064094168 with their teamnumber's and ETA.  Teams not checked in will be dropped from qualification match schedule.

All teams MUST pass inspection prior to qualifiaction matches and skills challenge matches, teasm not passing having passed or in the process of completing inspection by 10:00AM will not be allowed to play.

Skill Challenges

This event will offer skills - both programming and driver and teams will be allowed a maximum of 2 attempts each.

Judging

Design Judging: All teams wanting to be considered for the Excellence award and the Design award need to turn in their engineering notebook at team check-in.  Only the top 30% of the teams based on their submitted Engineering Notebook will be interviewd in a judging session, others will be visited in their pits.

STEM judging: Teams who want to be considered for the STEM award, must let the check-in desk know at check-in time that they want to be considered for STEM judging.  Judges will then make a schedule and provide an opportunity for those teams to particiapte in the STEM judging.

Awards

This event will at a minimum award the following awards:

    Excellence Award (qualifies for State on 3/11)
    Tournament Winner (two teams winning the finals, each qualifies for State on 3/11)
    Design Award (qualifies for State on 3/11)
    STEM award (qualifies for State on 3/11)

Concessions

There will be no concessions, please plan accordingly for your team.  There are a number of pizza places in Magnolia which do deliver, as well as an Albertson supermarket close by.

Competition Preparation

This event is sure to be a fast-paced and exciting event. All teams should come prepared for competition. Here are a few steps that every team should take to ensure that they are prepared.

1 - make sure your robot is within the size limit (20" x 13" and 15" Height)

2 - make sure your robot and controller are tethered

3 - have your robot and controller batteries charged

 

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes