The 2nd Annual Inventors' Roundtable
2nd BDE NYC/LI JROTC Robotic League Competition
- Date
- 16-Jan-2027 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- VE-V5-26-66527
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition™
- Event Type
- Invitational Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person Invitational
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 25
- Spots Open
- 50%+
- Event Region
- New York-South
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 3
- Standard Registration Opens
- 1-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 14-Jan-2027 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 14 Jan 2027
- Price
- $100.00
General Info
Welcome to the 2nd Annual Inventor's Roundtable, JROTC Regional VEX Robotics Competition hosted at by Inventor's Battlaion, Thomas A Edison CTE H.S JROTC. The Event Location is at Thomas A Edison CTE H.S, 165-65 84th Ave, Jamaica, NY 11432. This is an JROTC VEX Team Only event. Regular V5 teams are not eligible to register for this competition. This is a regional qualifier for JROTC VEX National Championship.
This year's game, VEX V5: Override Robotics Competition, will be played by JROTC high school teams of students as they design, build and program a robot to defeat each other.
Breakfast and Lunch are offered for purchase by the Thomas A Edison CTE H.S JROTC Inventor's Battalion.
Grade Level: High School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No
Eligible Teams: JROTC Army, JROTC Air Force, JROTC Coast Guard, JROTC Marine, JROTC Navy, JROTC Space Force
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 16-Jan-2027
Venue/Location:165-65 84th Avenue
Jamaica, New York 11432
United States
Contact the Event Partner
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7:30 AM - Doors Open
7:45 AM - Volunteer Training
8:00 AM - Inspection Table Open / Skills Field opens
9:00 AM - Inspection Table Closes
9:05 AM - Match Schedule Created
9:15 AM - Qualification Matches Begin/ Judging Interviews in Pits
12:00 - 12:45 PM Lunch Break
12:45 PM Qualification Matches Resume
3:00 PM Tournment Alliance Selection
3:15 PM Eliminations Matches
4:30 Award Ceremony
Volunteer
Volunteers are always welcome. We offer a complimentary breakfast, lunch, and a certificate of community service hours. Experts in engineering and robotics are always welcome, but anyone can help. We have roles for volunteers of all ability levels.
please contact: Qiyu Luo, [email protected] or Mariecha Rowe-Watson, [email protected]
if you intent to volunteer.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event of severe inclement weather or other emergency, the event partner will coordinate with the school district and building administrators to decide as early as possible about any potential delay or cancellation of the event.
Any delay or cancellation will be posted on the events.vex.com website, and the event host will contact by text/email all attending teams as eary as possible.
The tentative reschedule date is TBD
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
In the event of severe inclement weather or other emergency resulting in the cancellation of the event, the event partner will attempt to reschedule. If the new event date does not work for you, then a full refund of the portion of the registration fee received by the event partner will be issued via check.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
Refund requests for any reason other than event cancellation must be received by Jan 1, 2027, in writing or by email.
Requests received after Jan 1, 2027, will be contingent upon a new team replacing the withdrawn team. All refunds will be issued via check.
Date: 16-Jan-2027
Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School165-65 84th Avenue
Jamaica, New York 11432
United States
Travel Info
Parking is Street Parking, normally available on weekends.
Bus Dropoff: at the front entrance of the building
Webcast
N/A
Not available at this event.
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
Waitlist
0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.