JROTC All-Service Robotics National Championship

The RECF is honored to once again host the official JROTC All-Service Robotics National Championship.  This event will be extra special because it will happen along side our JROTC All-Service ADC Championship, in an amazing space with tons of activities for teams to do in their free time.  This will be a World Qualifying event for the RECF STEM World Championship in St. Louis April 27th-May 6th, with a minimum of 10 awards qualifying to that event..  Specific dates for the High School portion of the world championship will be released later.

All participating teams must be registered with RECF Achieve on the recfevents.org website and have an official team number.

All participating teams must qualify at a RECF Achieve event prior to February 15th in order to earn an invitation to the JROTC National Championship. Qualifying awards can be earned at any event regardless of that events affiliation with JROTC.  Teams can also Qualify based on their highest combined skills score from any one event.

We will be collecting Physical engineering notebooks at this event for judging.

Breakfast and Lunch will be available at no cost to JROTC teams.

Number of elimination alliances (16-23 teams = 8 alliances in finals, 24-31 teams =12 alliances in finals, 32+ teams = 16 alliances in finals)

All teams should come prepared for competition. Here are a few steps that every team should take to ensure that they are prepared.

Review all game information: Current Game Webpage

1. Review the rules and run through the inspection checklist about a week before the competition so that there is ample time

   for adjustments. Robots must use legal parts as laid out in the game manual.

2. Please self inspect before arriving at the tournament using the Achieve Robot Inspection Checklist (To be linked when available)

3. Check the official RECF forums for rule updates and changes.

4. Carefully read all of the information contained in the tournament posting on RECFevents.org

5. Pack for the event the day before the day of departure. Here are a few items that you don't want to forget.

• Goggles/Safety Glasses

• Spare parts & tools

• Batteries and chargers

• Power strip and extension cord

• Laptop computer

• Programming cable

• Engineering notebook (Required for judged awards)

• Banners and other decorations for your team pit table

• Giveaways if you have them

6. Be sure to read Tournaments 101.

7. Review the descriptions and criteria for the awards that are being given during the tournament.

8. Prep for your interviews with the judges and read the Judge's Guide.

9. Check the awards tab to see what awards will be given during the tournament.

10. Remember that safety comes first, please don't bring tools that pose a safety risk to your team, or others nearby.

11. Remember no grinding or other actions that create sparks, ask the tournament director for a safe location if grinding is needed.

A completed form for all participants must be uploaded to robotevents.com prior to the tournament. Team leaders will need to check that all team members attending the event have completed the online consent form prior to the tournament. Instructions on how to upload consent forms are given here: RECF Consent Form.

TENTATIVE! Check here the week of the event to make sure you have the current agenda.

Friday March 5th

Early Bird Check in from 6PM-8PM

Saturday March 6th

8:30 am Doors open, team check-in begins

9:30 Team check-in ends

Teams MUST be checked-in by 9:30, as the Match Schedule will be run at that time and CANNOT be re-run. If your team is running late, call the Event Partner or the match schedule will be run WITHOUT your team.

8:30 am Inspection begins

8:45 Skills Begins

10:30 am Inspection ends

10:30 Opening Ceremonies / Event Meeting

11:00 Qualifying matches begin

11:30 Skills pauses for lunch

12:00 Matches pause for lunch

12:30 Skills restarts

1:00 Matches restart

5:00 Matches end for the day

5:30 Doors Close

Sunday March 7th

8:30 am Doors open, team check-in begins

9:30 Team check-in ends

Teams MUST be checked-in by 9:30, as the Match Schedule will be run at that time and CANNOT be re-run. If your team is running late, call the Event Partner or the match schedule will be run WITHOUT your team.

8:30 am Inspection begins

8:45 Skills Begins

10:00 am Inspection ends

10:15 Team & Driver meeting

10:30 Qualification matches

3:40 Qualification matches & Skills end

SKILLS WILL END IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE LAST QUALIFICATION MATCH

3:50 Alliance selection

4:30 Finals matches

5:30 Finals concludes

6:30 Awards Banquet

If any Emergency or Weather that should cause the event to cancel all teams primary contacts will be notified via email.

Any Emergency or Weather that should occur while at the venue will be handled by venue personnel.