Oswego Nor’easter VEX Robotics Competition is February 27

Middle and high school students from across New York will descend upon the Department of Technology at SUNY Oswego on February 27 for the Oswego Nor’easter VEX Robotics Competition.

Twenty-one teams will come together for a non-stop, action-packed day of competition where they will battle against each other with robots created from the VEX Robotics Design System.

Participants will square off in the game Nothing-But-Net, developed by VEX Robotics, Inc. and the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation.

Teams will be competing for the last few invitations to the New York State VEX Robotics Championship and also for robot and programming skills rankings against the other 15,000 robot teams around the world.

The Oswego Nor’easter VEX Robotics Competition is one in a series tournaments supported by the REC Foundation and various national, regional and local sponsors.

The competition season culminates each spring, with the top performing teams from local and state VEX Robotics Competitions competing against each other at the VEX Robotics World Championship which will be taking place at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.

At the World Championship, these exemplary teams will have the opportunity to challenge their top-ranked peers from other countries around the world, including Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States of America.

COMPETING SCHOOLS:
The Oswego Nor’easter will feature schools from Oswego, Fulton, Brewerton, Syracuse, Elmira, Saratoga Springs, Rome, Chittenango, and Sandy Creek.

WHERE:
Park Hall and Wilber Hall on the campus of SUNY Oswego. Free parking in lot E23.

The Oswego Nor’easter is free and open to the public.

WHEN: Saturday, February 27:
7:30 a.m. doors open and pits open
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Registration
7:30 – 9 a.m. Robot Inspection Station Open
7:30 – 9:15 a.m. Interviews with judges
7:30 – 9:15 a.m. Team Photographs
7:30 – 9 a.m. Practice Rounds
9 – 9:15 a.m. Opening Ceremonies
9:30 a.m. – noon Qualification Rounds & Skills Challenges
noon – 12:45 p.m. Lunch
noon – 1:15 p.m. Skills Challenge
1:15 – 3:30 p.m. Qualification Rounds
3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Alliance Selection
3:50 – 4:50 p.m. Elimination Rounds
4:50 – 5:15 p.m. Awards Ceremony

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