This document provides an overview and schedule for an FRC robotics competition taking place in Oregon. It discusses logistics such as parking, load-in procedures, and food options. The schedule outlines activities for each day of the event, including practice time, qualification matches, and the finals. Safety procedures and the inspection process are also reviewed. The goal for the first day is to pass the robot inspection by the end of the day.
2013 FRC Autodesk Oregon Regional -- All you need to know webinarOregon FIRST Robotics
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2013 FRC Autodesk Oregon Regional -- All you need to know webinarOregon FIRST Robotics
This document provides information about the FIRST Robotics Competition Oregon regional event taking place February 27-March 1. It discusses the schedule, logistics for load-in and parking, food options, and safety procedures. Key details include assigned time slots for robot and supply load-in on Wednesday evening, qualifications matches occurring on Friday and Saturday morning, and final rounds on Saturday afternoon. Contact information is provided for questions.
The document discusses consumer desires and potential brand solutions. It outlines several consumer desires, such as wanting peer influence to be worth something, a reason to go outside and play, and feeling like time spent on games is worthwhile. For each desire, it suggests potential brand solutions, such as social payment/reward systems, real-world gaming, and reward incentives rather than redemption incentives. The document aims to help brands pioneer mobile expectations by addressing current consumer desires.
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Scouting is an essential part of FIRST Robotics Competition tournaments, as it provides teams valuable strategic information for alliance selection and allows them to gain a competitive advantage over other teams. Effective scouting requires thorough preparation before and during competitions, tracking quantitative and qualitative data on all match performances, and creating prioritized pick lists to guide strategic alliance picking. Scouting done well can significantly improve a team's chances of success when competing in FRC tournaments.
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This document provides information on pneumatic systems for robots. Pneumatics can provide powerful, reliable linear motion and are well-suited for applications that require grabbing, lifting, or braking. The key components of a pneumatic system include compressors, air tanks, regulators, gauges, solenoid valves, tubing, and actuators. Setting up the system properly requires following safety guidelines. Pneumatics are best for fast movements, two-position mechanisms, and creating substantial force but not as good for precision position control or sustained movement. Resources for learning more about pneumatic systems are provided.
This document provides an overview of the typical control system used for FIRST Robotics Competition robots. It describes the main components, including the cRIO controller, digital sidecar, power distribution board, analog and pneumatic breakouts, wireless bridge, motor controllers, and operator interface. It also provides wiring diagrams and discusses how the parts connect and work together to control the robot. Tips are provided on setup, common issues teams face, and sources for purchasing additional components.
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The document summarizes the district model for FIRST Robotics Competition events in the Washington/Oregon region. The district model aims to reduce costs for teams by holding smaller, more local competitions and eliminating second qualification matches. Teams will earn points at two district events and a district championship to qualify for the world championship in St. Louis. The summary provides details on schedules, venues, scoring, and advancement for the 2014 season.
Crowdfunding 101 is a training that teaches about crowdfunding. It defines crowdfunding as utilizing the internet to fund projects and ideas through small contributions from many people. It explains that crowdfunding works by creating a webpage for a project, spreading the word about it, and having supporters donate and receive thanks. While anyone can contribute to crowdfunding, most donations come from a fundraiser's friends, family and networks. The training stresses that successful crowdfunding requires hard work, as half of projects fail to raise any money.
This document provides an overview of programming a robot using LabVIEW for FIRST Robotics Competition. It discusses what LabVIEW is, how to get started with a new project, and where to find code examples. The main content demonstrates how to program a tank drive robot with two joysticks controlling four motors. It shows initializing the motors in Begin.vi, reading the joystick values in Periodic Tasks.vi, and passing the values to a tank drive block to control the motors. Global variables are also introduced as a way to store and access sensor values from anywhere in the code.
This document provides information about grants available from the Oregon Department of Education to support Oregon student participation in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC). Up to $635,000 in grant funding over two years will be awarded to help start new teams and expand existing teams, with a maximum of $10,000 per school. The document outlines the eligibility requirements, allowable uses of funds, scoring criteria, and timelines for both the FRC and FTC programs.
This document provides information about FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) programs for middle and high school students in Oregon. It discusses the goals of FIRST which are to ignite young minds through teaching life skills and nurturing passions in science and technology. It then provides details about the various FIRST programs for different age groups, the schedule and requirements for the FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition, and the impacts and benefits of participating in these programs.
This document provides information about FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) programs for middle school and high school students in Oregon. It discusses how FIRST ignites young minds through teaching life skills and nurturing passions for science and technology. FIRST programs include FIRST LEGO League for ages 6-18, FIRST Tech Challenge for grades 7-12, and FIRST Robotics Competition for grades 9-12. The document makes the case for supporting STEM education through these programs and shares the impact of FIRST in Oregon.
January 17th is National Thank Your Mentor Day, which provides an opportunity for student teams to publicly thank their mentors, including engineers, teachers, and other adults who support the team. Over 100,000 mentors and volunteers were involved in FIRST programs last year. Teams are encouraged to recognize their mentors through media stories, school announcements, e-cards, or an open house event highlighting the important role mentors play.
This document provides information about the FIRST Robotics Competition kickoff event hosted by teams 2471, 2517, and 1510. The event will take place on January 5th at Evergreen High School in Vancouver, WA. It will include the game reveal broadcast, workshops on robot design and programming, and kit of parts pickup. Rookie teams are encouraged to attend workshops on building frames, gearboxes, and programming basics. Veteran teams can attend more advanced sessions.
The document outlines the key components of a business plan for a FIRST Robotics Competition team, including an executive summary, organization and management details, financial information, competitive strategy, operations, marketing and outreach activities, and additional resources. It explains that a business plan establishes goals and strategies for achieving them, and that developing a plan helps teams with financial stability, long-term planning, sponsorship, and self-analysis.
Scouting is an essential part of FIRST Robotics Competition tournaments, as it provides teams valuable strategic information for alliance selection and allows them to gain a competitive advantage over other teams. Effective scouting requires thorough preparation before and during competitions, tracking quantitative and qualitative data on all match performances, and creating prioritized pick lists to guide strategic alliance picking. Scouting done well can significantly improve a team's chances of success when competing in FRC tournaments.
The document provides guidance on website design for FRC teams. It discusses identifying key stakeholders and their needs through stakeholder analysis. Successful teams focus their communication efforts on high priority stakeholders through goals tailored for each stakeholder across different channels like websites and email. The presentation emphasizes timely, accurate, relevant, simple, and speedy content and design. General tips include posting frequently but not excessively, ensuring factual accuracy, targeting the team's key audiences, using clean and consistent design, and optimizing for fast page loads.
This document provides information on pneumatic systems for robots. Pneumatics can provide powerful, reliable linear motion and are well-suited for applications that require grabbing, lifting, or braking. The key components of a pneumatic system include compressors, air tanks, regulators, gauges, solenoid valves, tubing, and actuators. Setting up the system properly requires following safety guidelines. Pneumatics are best for fast movements, two-position mechanisms, and creating substantial force but not as good for precision position control or sustained movement. Resources for learning more about pneumatic systems are provided.
This document provides an overview of the typical control system used for FIRST Robotics Competition robots. It describes the main components, including the cRIO controller, digital sidecar, power distribution board, analog and pneumatic breakouts, wireless bridge, motor controllers, and operator interface. It also provides wiring diagrams and discusses how the parts connect and work together to control the robot. Tips are provided on setup, common issues teams face, and sources for purchasing additional components.
The document discusses manipulation but provides no additional context or details. It is not possible to generate a meaningful 3 sentence summary without more substantive information from the source text.
The document summarizes the district model for FIRST Robotics Competition events in the Washington/Oregon region. The district model aims to reduce costs for teams by holding smaller, more local competitions and eliminating second qualification matches. Teams will earn points at two district events and a district championship to qualify for the world championship in St. Louis. The summary provides details on schedules, venues, scoring, and advancement for the 2014 season.
Crowdfunding 101 is a training that teaches about crowdfunding. It defines crowdfunding as utilizing the internet to fund projects and ideas through small contributions from many people. It explains that crowdfunding works by creating a webpage for a project, spreading the word about it, and having supporters donate and receive thanks. While anyone can contribute to crowdfunding, most donations come from a fundraiser's friends, family and networks. The training stresses that successful crowdfunding requires hard work, as half of projects fail to raise any money.
This document provides an overview of programming a robot using LabVIEW for FIRST Robotics Competition. It discusses what LabVIEW is, how to get started with a new project, and where to find code examples. The main content demonstrates how to program a tank drive robot with two joysticks controlling four motors. It shows initializing the motors in Begin.vi, reading the joystick values in Periodic Tasks.vi, and passing the values to a tank drive block to control the motors. Global variables are also introduced as a way to store and access sensor values from anywhere in the code.
This document provides information about grants available from the Oregon Department of Education to support Oregon student participation in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC). Up to $635,000 in grant funding over two years will be awarded to help start new teams and expand existing teams, with a maximum of $10,000 per school. The document outlines the eligibility requirements, allowable uses of funds, scoring criteria, and timelines for both the FRC and FTC programs.
This document provides information about FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) programs for middle and high school students in Oregon. It discusses the goals of FIRST which are to ignite young minds through teaching life skills and nurturing passions in science and technology. It then provides details about the various FIRST programs for different age groups, the schedule and requirements for the FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition, and the impacts and benefits of participating in these programs.
This document provides information about FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) programs for middle school and high school students in Oregon. It discusses how FIRST ignites young minds through teaching life skills and nurturing passions for science and technology. FIRST programs include FIRST LEGO League for ages 6-18, FIRST Tech Challenge for grades 7-12, and FIRST Robotics Competition for grades 9-12. The document makes the case for supporting STEM education through these programs and shares the impact of FIRST in Oregon.
January 17th is National Thank Your Mentor Day, which provides an opportunity for student teams to publicly thank their mentors, including engineers, teachers, and other adults who support the team. Over 100,000 mentors and volunteers were involved in FIRST programs last year. Teams are encouraged to recognize their mentors through media stories, school announcements, e-cards, or an open house event highlighting the important role mentors play.
This document provides information about the FIRST Robotics Competition kickoff event hosted by teams 2471, 2517, and 1510. The event will take place on January 5th at Evergreen High School in Vancouver, WA. It will include the game reveal broadcast, workshops on robot design and programming, and kit of parts pickup. Rookie teams are encouraged to attend workshops on building frames, gearboxes, and programming basics. Veteran teams can attend more advanced sessions.
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From Natural Language to Structured Solr Queries using LLMsSease
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This approach leverages the LLM’s ability to understand the nuances of natural language and the structure of documents within Apache Solr.
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This LF Energy webinar took place June 20, 2024. It featured:
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In response to the urgency and scale required to effectively address climate change, open source solutions offer significant potential for driving innovation and progress. Currently, there is a growing demand for standardization and interoperability in energy data and modeling. Open source standards and specifications within the energy sector can also alleviate challenges associated with data fragmentation, transparency, and accessibility. At the same time, it is crucial to consider privacy and security concerns throughout the development of open source platforms.
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Java is for many years one of the most popular programming languages, but it used to have hard times in the Serverless community. Java is known for its high cold start times and high memory footprint, comparing to other programming languages like Node.js and Python. In this talk I'll look at the general best practices and techniques we can use to decrease memory consumption, cold start times for Java Serverless development on AWS including GraalVM (Native Image) and AWS own offering SnapStart based on Firecracker microVM snapshot and restore and CRaC (Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint) runtime hooks. I'll also provide a lot of benchmarking on Lambda functions trying out various deployment package sizes, Lambda memory settings, Java compilation options and HTTP (a)synchronous clients and measure their impact on cold and warm start times.
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2. Welcome to OR FRC
Tournament
Deb Mumm-Hill Brenda Troisi Jason Marr - Boeing
FIRST Director Volunteer Coord FRC Planning Committee
Chairman
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3. Welcome to OR FRC
Tournament
Bob Goetz David Porter
Website Mgr. Volunteer Coordinator
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4. Logistics of GotoWebinar
• This presentation is going to move very quickly!
• Your microphone is muted by default.
• Feel free to ask questions by typing so that we
stay in the 30 minute time frame
• We will attempt to summarize and answer
similar questions in mass.
• These slides will be posted on
www.oregonfirst.org
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5. Overview of Briefing
• Schedule overview
• General Logistics: Parking/Busses/Food
• Wednesday night /Thursday morning Load-In
• Thursday specifics
• Friday & Saturday High-Level Schedules
• Contact info
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6. Event Schedule Overview
Date Activity
Wednesday Robot and pit supply load in
5 – 8 pm
Thursday Team Arrival, Inspections & Practice
Friday Qualification Matches
Saturday AM Qualification Matches
Saturday PM Final Rounds / Team Departures
Agenda on www.oregonfirst.org
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7. Logistics: Parking
Benton Lot –
free for queuing
during load
in/out
$10 – 20/day
Thurs, Fri, Sat
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10. Logistics: Food
• Concessions during pit hours
– Subway cart: sandwiches, chips, and beverages.
– Espresso cart : pastries, popcorn, snacks, hot dogs, and ice cream.
• Bring Water or water bottles for your team
– Dehydration is a concern!
• Box Lunches order online at $7.95 each with vegetarian
options – order by Feb 29
• http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedfiles/robotics_programs/frc/events/2011/2011_
OR_Lunch.pdf
• No outside food in the pit
• Teams can tailgate in the parking ramps if they do not
order concessions or boxed lunches
• Please clean up after yourself
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11. Load-In – Wednesday 5-8pm
• Assigned 30 minute time slots (from btroisi@alum.mit.edu)
If late please notify Lorenzo at 541-639-2294
• Pack for quick load/unload - large bins not loose items, wheels
• Pit materials larger than a briefcase/backpack should be
delivered in this window – in one 30 minute slot
• Driver plus 2-5 add’l people to unload/haul your material
• Safety glasses NOT required for load in
• Don’t leave safety glasses in pit you need them to re-enter Thurs
• Caution: Bagged bots make great sails in the back of a p/u (OKLH lost
one on the freeway!). A flapping bag could also beat delicate parts. Not to
mention shredding the bag which will then be a problem at check-in.
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12. Load In Parking
• Enter Benton Parking Lot E side, Q at S exit
this lot is small so please arrive <10 mins before your slot
• Cross Winning St to N Stage lot when directed
• Park as directed
• We anticipate backing into the slots -
(trailer drivers be aware!)
• Off load and move materials behind vehicles - - not
across the lot (and no unloading in Benton lot)
• Driver immediately relocates to Benton Lot
where they remain with their vehicle while:
• Equipment is trundled down the ramp
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14. Load In Process Inside
• Take to Robot Check-in Queue:
Robot in its bag
BagNTag paperwork
30# withholding allowance
• Everything else goes directly to your pit slot
You may NOT setup your pit area
• Inspector will scrutinize bag and paperwork
You must have your paperwork with the robot
• After inspection, equipment goes to your pit slot
Robot remains in bag until Thursday 8:30am
• Thursday am delivery teams must vacate pit until 8:30
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15. Load In Questions
• What if my robot arrives in a crate?
You’ll uncrate your robot on Wed night and take it in its bag
to the Robot check-in queue
• Is there a forklift available onsite?
We do NOT have a forklift or dollies for your use
• Do I need to bring a crate?
No, if you are advancing, you take the robot home and send it
from there by the following Tuesday.
• Where can I leave a trailer?
Benton Lot – $10 – 20/day estimate
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16. Load OUT – Saturday
• Rebag robot and complete the
paperwork
• Move all your packed gear to the
specified holding area near pit
exterior door
• Driver proceeds to N Stage Lot (will be
denied entrance until gear is ready)
• THEN trundle your gear up to the
parking lot ASAP – please ensure that
adequate personnel are available to haul gear
when vehicle arrives!
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19. Schedule Overview:
aka (Final Robot Build Day)
7:45 am Load in for teams who drive in Thursday morning
8:30 am Pits and Machine Shop Open
8:30 – noon Registration and Inspection
10:00 am Safety Captain’s Meeting
10:00 – 5:00 Practice Rounds (break for 1 hour lunch at noon)
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch box lunches – preorder by Feb 29
2:00 pm Drivers’ meeting – arena floor
2:00 pm Student Tour Guide Meeting – VIP Georgia Pacific Room
4:00 pm Lead Mentor meeting– VIP Georgia Pacific Room
8:00 pm Pits and Machine Shop Close
SHARP
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20. Safety Glasses
• Teams bring your safety glasses!
– Including for your guests
– No dark lens glasses-- must be able to see
eyeballs
• Safety glasses in the Pits!
• Mentors sign out safety glasses for team members
who need
• Glasses are for VIPs and Visitors only
• Each team to provide 2 students/1 adult for 1 hour
shift
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21. Pits Open: 8:30 AM
You MUST have safety glasses on
your face over your eyes!
Nothing larger than a
back pack to be carried
down the entrance stairs.
All other items come in
via the load in process.
This is for safety.
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22. Team Registration: 8:30 AM
• 8:30am Lead mentors go to pit admin desk
to check in
• Required forms!!!
1. Printed Team Roster from TIMS with hand
written additions as needed.
2. Consent forms for all team members
(students, adults, mentors) not on roster
from TIMS
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23. Inspection Process
Wayne Matulich
Lead Robot Inspector
• A Robot Inspector will be assigned to your aisle in the pits.
– See an Inspector if you have any questions.
– It is the Inspector’s job to get you “Competition Ready”
• If you are ready to be inspected;
– Sign-up for an inspection at the Inspection Desk
– Do Not bring your robot when you are signing up to be
inspected
• The Weight / Size station is available -- If you want to Check
Your BOT ahead of time
• Robot Inspections will start some time after 9:00 am
(Inspection will take approximately 30 - 40 minutes)
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24. Inspection Process
• Inspection Checks will Include
– A Physical Inspection of your Robot at your pit
– A Size and Weigh-In at the inspection station
– BOM (bill of materials) Teams must show your completed BOM
to the Inspector (BOM Costs – Cost must not exceed $3500 of
additional components with no single component > $400)
– Control system inspection at the CSA station
– Connection to the field controller
– Have someone (a student spokesperson) available that can
explain all systems (power, mechanical, pneumatics, electronics)
and how you plan to play the game
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25. Thursday – Inspection Details
• Thursday Goal: pass robot inspection by the end of the day!
– Do your own Pre-inspection of your -- Be ready for the official
inspection
– How to check your BOT -- use inspection sheets from FIRST site
– http://www3.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/uploadedFiles/Robotics_Pr
ograms/FRC/Game_and_Season__Info/2012_Assets/2012%20FRC%20I
nspection%20Checklist%20Rev%20C%202-27-12%20r1.pdf
– NOTE: It normally takes several passes before official inspection
sign-off
• Have BOM (Bill of Materials) Ready to be inspected in your pit by a
Robot Inspector (assign this task to an individual)
– Must USE FIRST format
– Must fill out completely, including parts used from KOP!
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26. WPA Key Assignment
• Every robot will be assigned a unique security key.
• The field REQUIRES you to set your WPA key.
• All teams are required to have the new D-link white radio.
• Everyone needs to follow the instructions provided during
registration carefully.
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27. Connecting to the field:
Final Step
• Teams must connect to field controller on Thursday .
• If you run a practice match during the day, the field
computer will remember that as your last step of the
inspection process.
• If you are unable to make a practice match, we are going to
ask you to take your robot and control system out to the field
for a quick 5 minute test to insure your system can connect
to the field. Your robot will not be on the field, we will simply
connect it to the field while sitting on your cart.
• THIS IS A MANDATORY STEP!
• Many simple issues are solved by doing this on Thursday that
would otherwise cause you problems when it really counts!
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28. Inspection Reminders
• Inspectors are there to help get you on the field safely and fairly
and able to compete. They will help you pass inspection.
• Some robots pass inspection on first attempt. This is rare. Be
prepared for several attempts before passing.
• PLEASE: If you are ready - Get inspected early by 3:00. The
inspectors can help locate an issue that may take time to fix.
• Have a problem? – see an Inspector – They will help you find a
solution
• Ask for help. We have all been there before, even veteran teams!
• Have your BOM ready to be reviewed by an Inspector (Assign this to
a person on your team to make sure it is complete). If you do not
have a BOM – You are not ready to be inspected.
• You MUST pass inspection to earn qualifying points.
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29. Machine Shop Open:
8:30 AM – 8:00 PM
• We have a volunteer machine shop onsite to help you fabricate
replacement parts.
• The shop has a small mill, lathe, and various other tools.
• ONLY AUTHORIZED MACHINE SHOP VOLUNTEERS MAY USE
THESE TOOLS!
• We have excellent volunteer machinists. However, there are
limits to what they can do for your team.
• We also have a TIG welder.
• The machine shop has request forms for your team. It will be
located next to the
• Machine Shop entrance
• In general, the machine shop
will NOT loan you tools.
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30. Safety Captain Meeting –
10 AM – Autodesk Lounge
• Safety briefing for all Safety Captains –
Autodesk Lounge Stage.
• Meet Lead Safety Advisor- Michelle Lee, UL
• Approximately 20 minute briefing.
• Cover expectations for each Safety Captain
and their teams for the entire three days.
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31. Practice Rounds:
10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
• Each team has 3 scheduled practice matches on arena
floor
• You do NOT have to pass inspection to run a practice
match.
• Priority will given to scheduled teams and/or to teams who
have not been on the field at least once. Use Gracious
Professionalism if you get bumped for a higher priority
team.
• Some teams may not to be ready for their scheduled
practice round. Teams who desire to use an unscheduled
practice round check in with the lead Queue Manager to
get on the list.
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32. Drivers Meeting – 2:00 PM
• 2:00 PM Team drivers meet on the field
• Receive instructions on setting up on field
• Meet Field Supervisor Brogan Thomsen
• Receive instructions from Head Referee
Roxie Hecker Field Supv. Brogan
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33. End of Thursday
• The pits close at 7:45 PM on Thursday.
• You MUST BE OUT OF THE BUILDING
before 8PM. Key Arena closes at 8PM.
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34. 8:00 am Pits and Machine Shops open
8:00 – 8:25 VIP tours of Pits - 120 guests
8:15 am Driver’s Meeting – arena floor
8:25 am Mascot Parade- queue up at 8:15
8:30 am Opening Ceremonies with VIPs in
attendance- all people in seats
9:00- 5:45 Seeding Matches
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
5:45 – 6:30 Everyone to Arena for Awards Ceremony
6:30 - 8:30 pm Team social (following closing ceremonies)
Purchase team social tickets by March 5 at link below
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=xskn
pceab&oeidk=a07e5kcxp78d7b492b8
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35. Team Social 6:30 – 8:30
After closing ceremonies on Friday
$18/ student pre purchase – 50 tickets at door $20
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36. Scouting Area – Seating Rules
• limited power outlets need to share
• no seat saving – NO Wi-Fi
SEATING
Scouting
VIP Obstructed view – be warned Elec Power
Spirit Section
Playing Field
37. 7:30 – 8:00 Mentor/Teacher Autodesk
Appreciation Breakfast – (4 per team)
8:00 am Pits and Machine Shop open
8:25 am Mascot & Mentor Parade
8:30 am Opening Ceremonies
9:00 am- 12:00 Seeding Matches
12:00 – 12:15 Alliance Selections
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
Load out For teams not in final rounds
1:15 – 4:15 Final Rounds
4:30 – 5:30 Everyone to Arena for Closing
ceremonies
6:30 pm Pits Close – everyone packed out
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