VRC "In the Zone" Saturday in Salem

General Info

The VRC "In the Zone" in Salem Tournament is being hosted by West Salem Robotics club and is a great event for veteran and rookie teams to get their robots on the field.  The event will be held in the commons area at West Salem High School and is free to the public to watch.

After passing the technical inspection teams will participate in Qualifying Rounds, Alliance Selection and Elimination rounds.  There will also be a Technical Interview station for teams to share their design process and become eligible for the Excellence, Design and Judges awards.  Teams will also have the opportunity to complete skills challenge runs at this event.

Sponsored by Robot Mesh.

VRC Qualifying Tournament

This VRC event is a qualifying event to the Oregon VRC State Championships (Platinum Division) and is open to all registered VRC teams.  The following awards will qualify to the Oregon State Championship (RE-VRC-17-3116):

(1) - Excellence

(3) - Tournament Champions

(1) - Design Award

The event must meet the VRC Qualifying Criteria for the results to upload to RobotEvents, which can be viewed in the Uploaded Documents.  The state qualification spots are determined by the capacity of the State Championship, the number of events in the state, and the size of the event.  The number of state championship spots for each local event are initially determined by the event capacity and will be reassessed one week prior to the event.  If you have questions about the State Championship qualification process, please contact your Regional Support Manager, Lisa Schultz at [email protected].

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No