Robotics

Description

The mission of your team is to design, build, assemble, and a robot that can complete landing, dropping, identifying and picking up tasks of varying difficulty in a course designed to test the handling, maneuverability, hardware capabilities, and piloting of your robot. The event will consist of a pre-inspection and check-in of the team members, robot and all equipment associated with the control of the robot.

Themes & Problems

Challenge document

New to TSA - replaces VEX Robotics at the National TSA level

 

Event Deadlines

 

January 23, 2025

Upload URL link

Students submit a link to a video of the robot operating within a portion of the course, to demonstrate that they have a working robot, and have begun working on accomplishing tasks.

NOTE: This is a check-off event for January! Students must submit robot video, to show they are working on the event, but will not receive judge feedback.

April 2025

Robotics event assumptions document

Updated 3/17/25

Wednesday night, students sign up for time, and have time to view course.

Students do NOT submit robots Wednesday night.

 

Washington TSA Rules

To compete, students must:

  • Belong to a currently affiliated TSA chapter

  • Be registered (by their TSA advisor) for competition by December 20, 2024 ($30)

  • Compete in the January 23, 2025 virtual competition (see individual event pages for details)

  • Be selected as a top competitor in their event(s) and invited to participate at State

    • Number of competitors is dependent on specific event

    • Qualifying competitor lists will be published by February 10, 2025

    • State Conference registration week February 24-28, 2025 (see state conference page for details)

At the state level, 3 teams per chapter may compete.

Additional Information

Event Coordinator: Kristen Schlegel, Kristen.Schlegel@bellinghamschools.org

Event Manager: Kari Potter, kpotter@washingtontsa.org

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