Los Altos Robotics VEX IQ Tournament

Agenda

Here is a brief overview of the schedule.
8:00 a.m.              Doors open
8:15 a.m.              Team Check-In
8:15 a.m.              Robot Inspection
9:15 a.m.              Opening Ceremony
9:30 am Drivers’ meeting

9:45 am Practice Matches begin
10:15 am Qualifying Matches begin
11:00 am Break
11:10 am Qualifying Matches continue

12:00 pm Break for lunch
1:00 pm Matches continue

2:20 pm Matches finish

2:30 pm Elimination matches begin and Skills events Close
3:00 pm awards and closing ceremony

Teams may compete in two robot and programming skill matches each.  Skills matches will be available between 9:45 and 1:30

Volunteer

Los Altos Robotics is a small community organization dedicated to introducing children to robotics.  We are not affiliated with a school or any other organization and consequently we REQUIRE each team to provide volunteers and/or competition fields as a condition of participating in the tournament.  If your team is not able to provide volunteers then please do not register for this tournament.   We will ask you for a preferred time slot for your volunteer role and we will try to accommodate you as best we can with a volunteer assignment.  However, the jobs will be assigned on a first to volunteer basis so it is possible you may be assigned another time slot if you are one of the later teams to provide a volunteer.  Here is a list of some of the volunteer roles:    https://www.roboticseducation.org/volunteer-resources/

Teams must provide volunteers by November 22. Teams that have not provided a volunteer by that date will be dropped in favor of teams on the waiting list.  

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

The event partner will contact teams if the event must be postponed. Teams should make sure their contact information in events.vex.com is up to date and includes both school and non-school phone numbers.

Refund and Payment Policies

Teams must pay the registration fees by November 11. Teams not paid by that date will be dropped in favor of teams on the waiting list.  Teams that advise the event partner by November 22 that they are withdrawing from the tournament will receive a refund of their registration fee, less the $5 fee charged by VEX.

If we are unable to hold the event due to an emergency then the event partner will refund the registration fees.

STEM Research

1. Please refer to the **STEM Research Project and Presentation** document from the REC Foundation. The document can be found in the VEX IQ Challenge Team Resources area at https://www.roboticseducation.org
2. Record the STEM Presentation as a video following the instructions in the STEM Research Project and Presentation document.
3. Upload the video to one of the online video resources following the instructions in the STEM Research Project and Presentation document.
4. Have the coach or another adult email the link to the video, including the team number and contact information for the coach, to the Event Partner no later than ONE WEEK BEFORE the tournament date:

   Derek Witte <[email protected]>

5. Teams WILL NOT be interviewed by judges at the event, unless the event qualifies teams directly to VEX Worlds. Please refer to the STEM Research Project and Presentation document for details.
6. Only ONE submission allowed per team. If two or more video links are sent to the Event Partner, only the first link received will be considered.
7. The winner of the STEM Research Project Award will be announced with the other judged awards at the event.