More than 70 teams of middle, high school and university students will be competing for a chance to advance to the VEX Robotics World Championship this weekend (Feb. 16-18) at the WVU Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. (WVU Photo)
WHAT: The West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources will host the Mountaineer VEX Robotics Competition for the second year in a row, gathering student teams from across the U.S. and Canada to design and build robots to compete and sharpen their engineering skills.
Winning teams will have the opportunity to advance to the VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas in April.
WHO: More than 70 middle, high school and university-level teams
WHEN: Feb. 16-18
Friday (Feb. 16): University competition, noon to 6 p.m.
Saturday (Feb. 17): High school competition, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday (Feb. 18): Middle school competition, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: WVU Student Recreation Center, 2001 Rec Center Drive, Morgantown
NOTES: Below is the tentative agenda for middle and high school competitions. The university competition schedule can be found on the WVU Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering website.
8 a.m. Doors open, inspection begins
9 a.m. Qualification matches, judging begins
Noon Lunch
1 p.m. Qualification matches resume
3 p.m. Alliance selection
3:15 p.m. Elimination tournament begins
4 p.m. Closing ceremony and awards
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