Gordon County Robotics Team Member Page

Current Tasks:

Study the Rules!
Before you do much building and prototyping, you really need to understand the game.
- What is the maximum starting size of the robot, and can it expand after the match starts?
- How many motors, batteries, etc. are allowed on the robot?
- Where do the robots start the match?
- How long is the autonomous part of the match?
- Can you start with game elements pre-loaded?
- How many points can you score in different scenarios and combinations.

Engineering Notebook
Right now, you need to be planning your engineering notebook. Please resist making entries until you are confident of its contents and layout.

Here's a link to the Engineering Notebook Judge's Rubric. It's important to note the order of the rubric. Judges will be reading the rubric and reviewing your notebook. It makes the judge's job easier if the notebook matches the rubric. In other words, a description of the challenge (game) including words and pictures is the first thing on the judge's rubric, so it should be first in the notebook (after table of contents and team info).

Here's a Video Guide created by a VEX team that summarizes the Engineering Notebook process.

Programming
We will be using RobotC for programming robots this year. Here's a link to a tutorial.
RobotC is a free download. Register as a user on the VEX Robotics website, then click this link.

VEX IQ - RINGMASTER (Middle School)

Links:
Game Introduction Video
Game Manual
VEX IQ Forum - (have a question? Here's the place to find the answers)

Scoring:

VEX EDR - IN THE ZONE (Middle and High School)

Links:
Game Introduction Video
Game Manual
Robot Skills Rules
VEX EDR Forum (have a question? Here's the place to find the answers)

Scoring: