General Info

ECTC proudly presents this year's PUSH BACK! VEX Robotics competition, CLASH OF THE ROBOTS! ECTC Robotics has a long history and tradition of hosting robotics events, and we are excited to invite you and your teams to this mid-season event!  

Thank you for signing up for our event. Please complete your payment before the event payment deadline, January 17th.  

 

Participant Release Form:

Participant Releases are Electronic and must be submitted by Jan 24th. The link is the Document Tab.

Notebooks:

If your team is submitting a notebook please have a digital version submitted on RobotEvents by Feb. 6th.

Inspections:

Coaches, Please help speed up our inspection time in the morning of by checking your students robots prior to the day of the event and have the team members update the Firmware to the brain. Also, make sure students robots will only have one visible color for the license plate showing at a time. Inspection must include poly sheet diagram for the inspectors to ensure within limits.  If anything is in question of legality, please be able to prove that it is.

Skills Field:

As soon as you have passed inspection, your team may enter the skills field line.  We will have the GPS CODE wrapped around the perimeter. Skills field will close promptly at the start of Elimination matches.  Those running skills will be brought over to the elimination matches to help referee.

Food: 

• Lunch: 
• There will be a hospitality room provided for advisors and volunteers.
• Concessions will be available with drinks, snacks, and a selection of hot items.

Matches & Judging

• Each team will have six qualifying matches. 

• Please familiarize yourself and your teams with the Push Back official rules. The GAME MANUAL is a good place to start! 

Awards:

We will be awarding   4 Judged honors (Excellence, Design, Innovate, and Judges) along with Tournament Champions. If we have enough Middle school teams sign up we will do High School and Middle School Excellence Awards.

Thank you for attending and helping to support our ECTC VexU team!
Any questions or comments: [email protected] or [email protected]

Misc. Info

• All pit tables will have access to power. Please bring surge protectors/power strips to make sure you have enough outlets for your team.
• We will have a dedicated WiFi network available for teams to access during this event. This was set up specifically for teams that will need access to online programming software during the event. Please make sure your school laptops are set up correctly in order for you to have access while you are away from your school building.
• Are your teams ready? Be sure to check out the REC Library for VRC for a variety of helpful team information!

 

Grade Level: High School / Middle School

 

 

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: Yes