1. VEX SuperQuest workshop
8/7/2017

2. 9:30 Welcome Introductions Name School Experience
One thing you want to get from this workshop

3. Approximate Schedule
Day 1: RobotC Fundamentals Using The Virtual World
8:30 – 9:00 Registration /Snacks
9:00 Welcome: Introductions/Schedule for
workshop
9:15 – 9:30 VEX In Oregon
9:30 – 12:00 Let’s get moving in the Virtual World
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch and Learn
1:00 – 2:00 Adding sense to your program.
2:00 – 3:00 Adding Control to the program
3:00 – 4:00 ‘In the Zone’ in a Virtual World
Closing End of the Day: Good, Bad, Improvements
Challenges: Obstacle course (Smith creates), VEX Soccer

4. Approximate Schedule
Day 2: VEX Robot Building Best Practices + Programming
8:30 – 9:00 Registration/Snacks
9:00 Welcome Back
9:15 – 10:00 Drive Train Best Practices
10:00 – 12:00 Build Time
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch and Learn
1:00 : Best Practices: Arms
1:30 Build Time
2:00 Best Practices: Manipulators
2:30 Programming the Physical Robot: Movement, Shaft Encoders, Sensors
3:30 Programming the Remote: Joystick mapping, Timers, Buttons
4:00 What do you want to be sure to cover on the last day?

5. This schedule can adjust depending on the needs of the class.
Approximate Schedule
This schedule can adjust depending on the needs of the class.
Day 3: More programming + Challenges
8:30 – 9:00 Registration/Snacks
9:00 Welcome Back
9:15 More Programming
Refining driver control: Creep, protect motors, more control
Using limit switches with arm movement
10:30 Physical Programming Challenges
11:00 -12:00 Programming with the Competition Template
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch and Learn
1:00 – 2:30 Lab time:
Cover requested topics
Prepare for In-The0Zone Scrimmage
2:30 Scrimmage
3:30 Clean up
4:00 Survey and Event Closes

6. VEX In Oregon Schedule How Qualifying Tournaments work
Competition and Awards
How the State Championship works
Advancement to Worlds
Costs

7. VEX Schedule for Oregon
10/14/2017 VEX Idea Factory: West Salem HS (Free)
10/28/2017 Sandy High School Early Tournament
11/11/2017 Redmond High School
12/2/2017 West Salem High School
1/13/2018 Toledo HS and Sandy HS
1/20/2018 Bend High School
1/26/2018 West Salem HS: Friday afternoon/evening
1/27/2018 West Salem HS: Saturday Event
2/17/2018 North Marion
3/9-10/2018 State Championship hosted by Chemeketa CC
4/20-21/2018 SkillsUSA State Leadership Conference: VEX Robotics Element
4/25-28/2018 VEX World Championship Louisville, KY
VEX Idea Factory to Coaches and Teams. VEX In Oregon, Look at best practices, lab time, practice matches, practice skills challenge, looking for sponsorship to cover lunches.

8. VEX Qualifying Tournaments
Stand-Alone Qualifying Tournaments of 16 – 32+ teams
Most cost $30/team, hosts set the fees
Teams are encouraged to compete in two to four Qualifying Tournaments.
Register at
Teams that win Qualifying Tournaments advance to the State Championship, Platinum Division.
Excellence Award Winner
All teams on the Winning Alliance
Design Award Winner (If 25+ teams in the Qualifying tournament)
Teams that participate in at least two Qualifying Tournaments also qualify for the State Championship, Gold Division.
Wait List

9. Hosting Qualifying Tournaments
In Oregon if you host a Qualifying Tournament then all of your teams can compete in other Oregon Tournaments at a discount
Estimating +/- $5/team.
Final value still in discussion

10. Judged Awards Given at Events
Judges
Team that deserves special recognition for efforts leading up to, and during, the event
Design
Team with a professional design approach
Engineering Notebooks required
Excellence
Overall top honor in the VEX Robotics Competition based on
Rank after Qualifying Rounds
Rank in Programming Skills
Rank in Robot Skills
Awards where they were considered as finalists
Engineering Notebooks Required

11. Oregon State Championship
Platinum Division
Gold Division
Qualifying
About 1/3 of teams
Qualify by Performance
Qualifying Tournament Champions
Excellence Award Winners
Design Award Winners are larger events
Filled in based on Skills Challenge Scores over the course of the season.
Top Teams Qualify for World Championship.
Tournament Champions
Excellence Award Winners: High School and Middle School
Possibly Design
If a team double qualifies, the next highest Skills Challenge Score fills in.
Qualification
Participate in at least two qualifying tournaments
Awards Given
Gold Division State Champions
Gold Division Excellence
Gold Division Design
Gold Division Judges
Award winners do not advance to Worlds

12. These have not been finalized for 2017-2018
Advancement to Worlds
These have not been finalized for
Last Year Oregon had Six High School Slots
The three teams on the Platinum Division Winning Alliance
The Excellence Award Winner
The Design Award Winner
The top ‘Skills Challenge’ score over the course of the season.
If a team double qualified, then the slot is giving to the next highest unqualified Skills Challenge over the course of the season
Oregon has one Middle School Only Slot
Excellence Award Winner

13. Costs Registration Costs Robot Kit Costs Tournament fees Worlds
$150 First Team
$100 Each additional Team
Robot Kit Costs
$1000-$1500 First Year
$100+ Successive years. This can go up significantly
Aluminum
Pneumatics
Motors Breaking
Tournament fees
Most likely $30/team/event
Worlds
$850 / team + flight + Hotel +…

14. Discounts/Grants Oregon Event Host Discount
Host an event you can attend other events ‘at cost’ (+/- $5 per registered team.)
VEX New Team Grant Application
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This link is also on the Resources page for this workshop
VEXSuperquest.weebly.com

15. Questions?
On to programming in RobotC with the Virtual World