Robots@CNE 2018

Robots@CNE
August 17th - 19th, 2018

FRC Team 1334 & 1374 are proud to announce a new Off-season, hosted at the opening weekend of the Canadian National Exhibition!

This offseason will be primarily targeted towards exposing FIRST to the public, on a large scale. Because of this, our event schedule will be a lot different than other offseasons. We’re going to be operating in 2-3 hour ‘blocks’ of time, allowing for teams to have more time to tune their robots, or explore the CNE!

For teams in the GTA, the GO Train is likely the best method to get to the event as the Exhibition Station stop is a very short walk from the venue (Hall F, Enercare Centre).

Details
When: August 17-19 2018
Where: CNE Innovation Garage, Enercare Center Hall F
Cost: $250 CAN
**Capacity: **24 Teams (waitlist for any registered past 24.)
Details: https://robotsatcne.com
**Team registration: **https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScS54qrg4KMZJhAiUCimNGPM-Q4__83fTcMB42IrXNfpC93hQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Highlights

  • 3 round tournament (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 alliance winners)

  • 2-3 Hour competition blocks (On 2 hours, off 1 hour)

  • 30 000 Annual visitors to the Innovation Garage

  • Offseason & Outreach showcase

  • Weekend at the CNE

  • ~70 Qualification Matches to be played!

Volunteers

This off season requires a bit more than a competition field.

If you have experience on your team with outreach in the areas of Jr FLL, FLL, Driver Training, or working with the general public to talk about FIRST, you can sign up to represent your team (or FIRST) at one of our event attractions! Please indicate your team number and area of expertise, volunteers for these positions are required to commit to a minimum of 1-2 hours a day if their team is also competing.

We’d also love for anyone to help us with traditional event roles!

Volunteer Sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf06HRdtgSgwfRalrDWgMiJ4GW8H2bqtCrV7wi3avownVQ4fA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Can’t wait for this one!
It sounds like it’ll be a total blast!

Can we see what teams have signed up so far?

We’re waiting on a few more teams that are up in the air to post a team list. Currently we have 3 teams confirmed, and 14 unconfirmed/waiting for a reply.

It would be cool if some US teams came over and played too.

Current Team List (Will be updated)
865
1075
1241
1310
3683
4992
5719

Team list updated - for the most updated list check TBA

Are there any updates on how many teams have confirmed?
Super excited to compete!
-865 Driver

Too bad the majority of Americans don’t have a passport. A little known fact is that American citizens 19 years and under travelling with a youth group (like an FRC team) can cross the border with just a birth certificate or other proof of citizenship.

Currently we have the above list of 7 confirmed, waiting on replies from 4 more
We’ve sent messages to about 60 teams in Ontario, inviting them to come but due to the summer, not many teams are checking on their contact methods.

If you know of any teams that would be interested in coming, please let them know!

What happens if not enough teams sign up for the event?

The event will still go on, we’ll just tweak the match format depending on the team count.

The goal of the event is to expose FIRST to as many of the public as possible. The less teams there, the more direct time you have with the public.

We’d like to get a few more teams at least, and ideally get the full 24. But we also recognize that it is the summer, and a lot of teams don’t have access to their robots.

Since I last posted we have two new teams!

6070
4939

Current team list:

1310
5719
4992
1241
865
1075
3683
6070
4939

Why isn’t 1374 and 1334 included on the list?

We’re not going to compete unless we don’t have enough teams. Our students want to volunteer and help out with the event primarily. They are prepared to compete if needed though.

Updated team list:

1310
5719
4992
1241
865
1075
3683
6070
4939
4618

Do you need a admission pass to get into the CNE and into the building?

Teams who are attending the event are given a certain number of passes free with their registration.

Volunteers are given passes for the days that they are working.

Anyone else just has to purchase a CNE entrance pass, and that includes the Robots@CNE event (Hall F, Enercare Centre - Innovation Garage)

To any teams that are interested!

We’re looking for 4 more teams to have our elimination bracket be full!

Please sign up ASAP! Registration closes the night of the 10th!

What is the current team list?

I’m not sure if this is current, but here’s what TBA is showing:

1310
5719
4992
1241
865
1075
3683
6070
4939
4618
1334
1374

TBA is up to date, or at least will be when it refreshes.

1334/74 have I believe 2 working extra robots that we’ll be bringing for filler robots if we don’t fill the 16.

Hope to get 2 more at least!