2014 Texas Robotics Invitational (T.R.I.)

[AllenGregoryIV]

Texas Robotics Invitational (T.R.I.)


What
Texas Robotics Invitational (TRI) is a new off-season event in Houston, Texas designed to get local teams more play time. It’s going to be a relaxed event that will work to strengthen our community. For those of you who have attended Houston Robot Remix in the past two years this event will work in a very similar way.

Planned and organized by Spectrum FRC#3847, Houston area teams and volunteers, and the Lone Star Regional Committee with support from FIRST in Texas and the Texas Workforce Commission.

When
June 21st, All qualification rounds and eliminations will happen on June 21st. Field setup and load in will be June 20th

Where
Strake Jesuit College Preparatory Gymnasiums
8900 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX, 77036

Who
Only Texas teams can compete do to sponsorship restrictions.

Invites
Invites should start going out to the first round of teams this week. After May 16th we'll start inviting more teams. We're planning to keep inviting teams till we get to 32 teams.

Cost:
Free to all teams

Social Media:
Twitter: @TRIRobots

For More Information:
Website: www.spectrum3847.org/TRI
Email us at TRI@spectrum3847.org

[safiq10]

So excited to see that texas finally has a invitational! Can't wait to see the team list!

[Abhishek R]

Interesting rule changes. It's like Remix on steroids.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

Interesting rule changes. It's like Remix on steroids.

Alliance Selection and Elimination Tournament
The top 8 seeds will be the alliance captains but their selection order will be randomly assigned. Alliance captains may not select other alliance captains. A serpentine order will be in place for first two selection of an alliance. The fourth members of each alliance will be randomly assigned to them from the remaining teams.

During every round of eliminations all 4 teams on an alliance must play at least one match. Rosters are turned into head ref / scoring table like it is done at championships.

That was the goal, it doesn't make sense for teams to come to an off-season and have their day end after qualification rounds are over. This system keeps everyone in eliminations.

In theory this system is supposed to provide incentive for teams to get into the top 8 but doesn't give any team a clear reason to stay out of the top 8. It seems a bit odd but we're hoping to make the elimination alliances all on the same level without having a large group of teams that are all at the same level like at Championship or IRI.

It clearly devalues the #1 seed but that is intentional so your match schedule becomes less of a factor in your picking position. This is especially helpful for one day off-seasons where teams will only get 8 matches or less.

This is an experiment and it should be fun no matter what.

[Kyler Hagler]

I will have to look and see if Team 3310 can come. I'm really interested!

[kyle1997]

Team 4206 can't wait to see the team list for this event.

[AllenGregoryIV]

We have 25 teams registered for T.R.I. including one pre-rookie team.

Texas teams that are interested in being invited please PM or Email me. We are going to keep inviting teams till we reach 32.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Here is the current team list

57 Booker T. Washington/HSEP
118 Clear Creek ISD
148 Greenville HS
418 LASA High School - Austin
457 South San Antonio HS
624 Cinco Ranch HS
1429 Galena Park ISD
1477 College Park HS
2158 Anderson HS - Austin
2468 Eanes ISD - Austin
2585 Bellaire HS
2587 Lamar HS
2789 Manor HS-San Antonio
2881 Girl Scouts of Central Texas - Austin
2950 Harmony Science Academy - Waco
3103 Duchesne Academy
3310 Heath HS - Rockwall
3335 Cypress Ranch HS
3735 Klein ISD
3741 Grulla HS - Rio Grande City
3847 Strake Jesuit & St. Agnes Academy
3999 Shade Tree Mechanics - Killeen
4206 Nolan Catholic HS - Ft. Worth
4587 Jersey Village HS
4639 Seven Lakes HS
5052 Cedar Park HS - Austin
5070 Synergistic STEM
5287 Community Christian School - Orange
9999 Pearland HS

If you're interested in coming and you are a Texas team please let me know ASAP. We still have 3 open spaces.

[Michael Blake]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

If you're interested in coming and you are a Texas team please let me know ASAP. We still have 3 open spaces.

3481 Bronc Botz would like to come and compete.

--Michael Blake

[kAILo]

Are you guys going to live-stream T.R.I. and upload the matches afterward like what you did at Lone Star?

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by kAILo

Are you guys going to live-stream T.R.I. and upload the matches afterward like what you did at Lone Star?

Of course and this time we plan to have decent audio.

[AllenGregoryIV]

We have our final list of 32 teams. The last three spots were taken by team 3481 the BroncBots and two pre-rookie teams from KatyISD.

Team #	School/District/Team Organization
57	Booker T. Washington/HSEP, Houston, TX
118	Clear Creek ISD
148	Greenville HS, Greenville, TX
418	LASA High School, Austin ISD
457	South San Antonio HS
624	Cinco Ranch HS
1429	Galena Park ISD
1477	Conroe ISD
2158	Anderson HS, Austin ISD
2468	Eanes ISD, Austin, TX
2585	Bellaire HS, Houston, TX
2587	Lamar HS, Houston, TX
2789	Manor HS, Manor, TX
2881	Girl Scouts of Central Texas - Austin, TX
2950	Harmony Science Academy, Waco, TX
3103	Duchesne Academy, Houston, TX
3310	Heath HS - Rockwall, TX
3335	Cypress Ranch HS - Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
3481	San Antonio Competition Robotics Alliance (SACRA) & Northside ISD Brandeis HS 
3735	Klein ISD
3741	Grulla HS, Rio Grande City,TX
3847	Strake Jesuit College Preparatory & St. Agnes Academy, Houston, TX
3999	Shade Tree Mechanics, Killeen, TX
4206	Nolan Catholic HS - Ft. Worth, TX
4587	Jersey Village HS, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
4639	Seven Lakes HS, Katy ISD
5052	Cedar Park HS, Leander ISD
5070	Synergistic STEM, Houston, TX
5287	Community Christian School, Orange, TX
9997	Pearland ISD (Pre-Rookie Team)
9998	Taylor HS, Katy, TX (Pre-Rookie Team)
9999	Tompkins HS, Katy, TX (Pre-Rookie Team)

If you are a Texas team that isn't on this list but is interested in competing please let us know. If we have teams drop out we can fill in from a wait list if we need to.

Even teams that aren't competing are encouraged to attend, it's going to be a fun day of robots and a great chance to see teams from across the state.

[safiq10]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

We have our final list of 32 teams. The last three spots were taken by team 3481 the BroncBots and two pre-rookie teams from KatyISD.

Team #	School/District/Team Organization
57	Booker T. Washington/HSEP, Houston, TX
118	Clear Creek ISD
148	Greenville HS, Greenville, TX
418	LASA High School, Austin ISD
457	South San Antonio HS
624	Cinco Ranch HS
1429	Galena Park ISD
1477	Conroe ISD
2158	Anderson HS, Austin ISD
2468	Eanes ISD, Austin, TX
2585	Bellaire HS, Houston, TX
2587	Lamar HS, Houston, TX
2789	Manor HS, Manor, TX
2881	Girl Scouts of Central Texas - Austin, TX
2950	Harmony Science Academy, Waco, TX
3103	Duchesne Academy, Houston, TX
3310	Heath HS - Rockwall, TX
3335	Cypress Ranch HS - Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
3481	San Antonio Competition Robotics Alliance (SACRA) & Northside ISD Brandeis HS 
3735	Klein ISD
3741	Grulla HS, Rio Grande City,TX
3847	Strake Jesuit College Preparatory & St. Agnes Academy, Houston, TX
3999	Shade Tree Mechanics, Killeen, TX
4206	Nolan Catholic HS - Ft. Worth, TX
4587	Jersey Village HS, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
4639	Seven Lakes HS, Katy ISD
5052	Cedar Park HS, Leander ISD
5070	Synergistic STEM, Houston, TX
5287	Community Christian School, Orange, TX
9997	Pearland ISD (Pre-Rookie Team)
9998	Taylor HS, Katy, TX (Pre-Rookie Team)
9999	Tompkins HS, Katy, TX (Pre-Rookie Team)

If you are a Texas team that isn't on this list but is interested in competing please let us know. If we have teams drop out we can fill in from a wait list if we need to.

Even teams that aren't competing are encouraged to attend, it's going to be a fun day of robots and a great chance to see teams from across the state.

AWWW MAN!!! This is going to a lot of fun! The Devastators are soooo ready for this. Thanks to all who are involved in hosting this event! we can't wait!

[kAILo]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

We have our final list of 32 teams. The last three spots were taken by team 3481 the BroncBots and two pre-rookie teams from KatyISD.

Team #	School/District/Team Organization
57	Booker T. Washington/HSEP, Houston, TX
118	Clear Creek ISD
148	Greenville HS, Greenville, TX
418	LASA High School, Austin ISD
457	South San Antonio HS
624	Cinco Ranch HS
1429	Galena Park ISD
1477	Conroe ISD
2158	Anderson HS, Austin ISD
2468	Eanes ISD, Austin, TX
2585	Bellaire HS, Houston, TX
2587	Lamar HS, Houston, TX
2789	Manor HS, Manor, TX
2881	Girl Scouts of Central Texas - Austin, TX
2950	Harmony Science Academy, Waco, TX
3103	Duchesne Academy, Houston, TX
3310	Heath HS - Rockwall, TX
3335	Cypress Ranch HS - Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
3481	San Antonio Competition Robotics Alliance (SACRA) & Northside ISD Brandeis HS 
3735	Klein ISD
3741	Grulla HS, Rio Grande City,TX
3847	Strake Jesuit College Preparatory & St. Agnes Academy, Houston, TX
3999	Shade Tree Mechanics, Killeen, TX
4206	Nolan Catholic HS - Ft. Worth, TX
4587	Jersey Village HS, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
4639	Seven Lakes HS, Katy ISD
5052	Cedar Park HS, Leander ISD
5070	Synergistic STEM, Houston, TX
5287	Community Christian School, Orange, TX
9997	Pearland ISD (Pre-Rookie Team)
9998	Taylor HS, Katy, TX (Pre-Rookie Team)
9999	Tompkins HS, Katy, TX (Pre-Rookie Team)

If you are a Texas team that isn't on this list but is interested in competing please let us know. If we have teams drop out we can fill in from a wait list if we need to.

Even teams that aren't competing are encouraged to attend, it's going to be a fun day of robots and a great chance to see teams from across the state.

It's going to be cool to see 2 pre-rookie teams from Katy!

[AllenGregoryIV]

Spectrum is offering a pre-order lunch option for T.R.I.
Teams can pre-order sack lunches for $6 each. The lunch will include a six inch Subway sandwich, chips, cookie/dessert, and either a soda or bottle of water. If you're team is interested in pre-ordering lunches please fill out this form here.
http://goo.gl/arWzJv