Agenda

Doors open at 7:30

Schedule

• 7:30 – Doors Open
• 7:30 - 8:00 AM - Check-In
  • (NOTE: All teams must be checked in by 8:00AM)
• 7:30 - 9:00 AM - Inspection
  • (NOTE: All teams must be inspected by 9:00AM)
• 8:00 - 9:45 AM - Skills Challenge and Initial Interviews
• 9:45 - 10:15 AM - Opening Ceremony and Driver Meeting
• 10:25 - 12:05 PM - Teamwork Matches and Skills Challenges
• 12:05 – 12:45 PM – Lunch
• 12:45 - 3:30PM - Teamwork Matches and Skills Challenges
  • (NOTE: Skills Challenge fields will close at the conclusion of the last teamwork match)
  • Round two of Interviews
• 3:30 - 3:45PM - Finals Pairing and Strategy Meetings
  • (NOTE: Top 18 teams will advance to the finals.)
• 3:45 - 4:30 - Teamwork Finals Matches and Awards

Please remember that we are dealing with technology that at any time can decide to completely ruin the proposed schedule. We will do our best to adhere to this schedule.

Students - Please help us stay on schedule by arriving to your matches on time.

Volunteer

Anyone interested in volunteering please contact Tony Collins at [email protected]

Update Feb/9/2026.

Thank you to everyone in the community that has reached out with an interest to volunteer. At this time all of my volunteer spots are filled with many spots double booked. What an amazing community we have.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of extreme weather or other emergencies that cause travel or safety issues for most teams, the event may be postponed or cancelled, as necessary. All teams will be notified and kept up to date with changes as soon as they are made.

Refund and Payment Policies

All payments must be processed and and cleared within 3 weeks of registration.. Payments for teams not processed by that timeframe will be moved to the waitlist and those spots will be filled from Robot Skills.

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

If an event must be canceled, every attempt will be made to reschedule the event in order to provide the opportunity for the students to compete. If the event cannot be rescheduled, a refund will be given less the $5 that the REC must keep in order to cover their processing fees. For example, a refund of $35 would be given for an event that costs $40. If you have any questions about this policy, please reach out to the event partner.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event, then chooses to withdraw or not attend:

No refunds will be given unless there is a team on the waitlist that can attend in the withdrawing teams place. In the event there is a team from the waitlist that can replace the withdrawing team, a refund will be given less the $5 that the REC must keep to cover their processing fees. For example, a refund of $35 would be given for an event that costs $40. If you have any questions about this policy, please reach out to the event partner.

Webcast

We are having issues with the livestream link. We will post the link here as soon as possible.

Live streams are amazing when they work but can sometimes refuse to play nicely. It is technology after all. Our priority is to ensure the timeliness of our competitions. If the live stream goes down, we will do our best to get it back up and running if it does not impact the flow of the competition. If it does begin to impact the schedule, we will hit record and post the recording here once the competition is complete. Thank you for your understanding.

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.