VIQC, ALL GEARED UP! League, MS Only, In-Person, with Standard Judging
- Date
- 13-Nov-2021 - 12-Feb-2022
- Event Code
- RE-VIQC-21-6034
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition™
- Event Type
- League
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Capacity
- 17
- Spots Open
- 1
- Event Region
- California - South
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 3
- Standard Registration Opens
- 9-Oct-2021 12:39 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 8-Nov-2021 19:00 EST
- Price
- $175.00
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Robot Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: In Person judging
Contact Information
General Info
This league is for teams from local middle school and educational learning center Vex IQ Programs. Other teams may participate if space is available. This league will be meeting in the fellowship Hall of West Hills valley presbyterian Chuch. Mind Crafters Robotic's is hosting this event to provide a local competition due to lack of other events in the area due to the pandemic
When you register for this league, please choose Pay Later as your Payment Method and bring your league fee check for $175 per team to the first league session. Please make your check payable to Mind Crafters Robotics.
Before the first league session, teams need to upload the release forms for all student and adult team members in events.vex.com.
Due to Covid safety protocal's we are limiting the amount of team menbers & suport / spectator PER TEAM TO; 5 team members, 1 Mentor & 1 team parent assistant. per team. There will be NO other people permitted in the competition. Mind Crafters has rented this space and must limit people at the event. The event is indoor & outdoor competition area's & tram area's
Each league session begins with Team Check-in and Robot Inspection. Teams need to check in by 1:00 PM and robots need to pass inspection by 1:45 PM to be included in the Teamwork Challenge match schedule.
At Team Check for the first league session, teams will turn in league fee checks, verify that they have uploaded release forms for all team members, and sign up to provide one volunteer for at least one league session.
At the first Qualifying Session, each team will be scheduled for one Teamwork Challenge Practice Match and three Teamwork Challenge Qualifying Matches.
At the next two Qualifying Sessions, each team will be scheduled for four Teamwork Challenge Qualifying Matches.
Two weeks prior to the final Championship session in February, teams will be invited to submit Digital Engineering Notebooks online and schedule Remote Judging interviews. Details will be sent to registered teams via email and posted here later.
At the final Championship session in February, teams can participate in up to three Driving Skills Matches and up to three Programming Skills Matches. Robot Skills Challenge Matches are not scheduled. The Championship session concludes with Teamwork Challenge Finals Matches and Awards.
Teams need to provide at least one volunteer for at least one session. If we do not have enough volunteers, we may not be able to complete all scheduled matches. See the Volunteer tab for details.
Please advise if possible to supply/ loan a competition field with all challenge elements.
We will have two competition fields and one practice fields at each session.
Food and beverages may be available for purchase. We will update closer to the event for food avaliablitiy.
Grade Level: Middle School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 13-Nov-2021
5751 Platt Avenue
Los Angeles, California 91367
United States
Date: 4-Dec-2021
5751 Platt Avenue
Los Angeles, California 91367
United States
Date: 22-Jan-2022
5751 Platt Avenue
Los Angeles, California 91367
United States
Date: 12-Feb-2022
5751 Platt Avenue
Los Angeles, California 91367
United States
Contact the Event Partner
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Agenda for the last league session, the Championship Session
UPDATED 1/30/22
Please see the EVENT TIMING UPDATES due to the cancelation of the 3rd date.
We have a lot to get accomplished to complete this League.
We will be starting the JUDGING EARLY @ 9 am -11:30am on a First COME FIRST SERVED BASIS
Judging can not take place during qualifying or Final rounds , SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOUR TEAMS GET THE INTERVIEW COMPLETED EARLY MORNING! DO NOT WAIT TILL THE END OF THIS PERIOD! START EARLY! PLEASE!
THE FINAL DAY WILL HAVE A LUNCH PERIOD.
BE SURE TO BRING / PACK YOUR CHILD A LUNCH.
WE WILL HAVE PLATE LUNCHES AVALIABLE AGAIN, AS WELL AS DRINKS & SNACKS
9:00 - 11:30AM Doors Open - Team Check-in **Judges Interviews
10:00- 11:30 AM ROBOT Inspections
11:30-11:40 AM Announcements
11:40- 1:00 PM Part 1 Final Qualifying Rounds
1:00 - 1:30 PM LUNCH
1:30 - 2:45 Part 2 Final Qualifying Rounds
2:45- 3:00 PM Finals Preparation / Publish Finalists & Matches
3:00 - 3:30 PM Final Rounds / Championship Matches
3:30 - 4:15 Team assisted Clean-up /Tear down
4:15- 4:30 PM Final Judges Decisions followed by Awards
5:00 PM Teams depart. Tear down. Doors close
Volunteer
Volunteer
The league needs eight trained volunteers that can attend all sessions
1 Emcee, 3 Robot Inspectors, 3 Referees.
Each team is asked to provide at least one volunteer for at least one session:
2 Check-in, Queue Crew, (one adult, one can be student)
2 Field Reset (students)
1 Practice Field Official (adult)
4 Robot Design Judges (adults, before and at Championship Session only)
Volunteers can be scheduled prior to or at the first League Session.
A brief overview of the volunteer roles is available online at:
http://link.roboticseducation.org/vrceventdocuments_volunteerresources_volunteerrolesoverview
Other volunteers are welcome. Please contact the event host
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
If any session has to be cancelled, we will offer an additional session.
If league events can’t be held in person indoors, we will explore the possibility of holding the remaining league sessions in person outdoors. If league events can’t be held in person indoors or outdoors, then we will try to convert the remaining league sessions to Live Remote Tournaments. Skills events must be held in person, but it is possible to schedule one team at a time, to hold events outdoors, and to schedule events on weekends in February for better light and temperatures.
If teams are not allowed to meet in person, then teams will be encouraged to try VEXcode VR and to compete with the new VIQC Virtual Skills in VEXcode IQ:
https://www.vexrobotics.com/get-started/vex-vr-skills.
The Event Partner will contact teams if any league sessions must be reschedules or modified. Teams should keep their contact information up to date on events.vex.com and include both school and non-school phone numbers.
Refund and Payment Policies
Full refunds minus the $5.00 processing fee will be available until one week before the first session. After that, refunds based on special circumstances may be made at the discretion of the Event Partner. Mind Crafters Robotics has rented this venue for the events, If a cancelations is requested within two weeks of the first event, 50% of the entry fee may be retained to cover the space rental, which deposits have been paid.