General Info
General Info
Welcome to the first VEX V5 High School Competition at UT Austin!
This competition will be hosted at the Texas Union Ballroom at UT Austin by the VEXU Team GHOST and UT IEEE RAS. We are proud to do this in conjunction with The University of Texas at Austin and the robotics research organization Texas Robotics. We plan on organizing with the university campus tours and a tour of the university robotics research space.
Other robotics clubs at UT Austin will also be there to help volunteer and show the amazing things that UT Austin STEM has to offer! Additionally, we will be holding some side contests at this competition, including a costume contest in the spirit of Halloween!
The beautiful Shirley Bird Perry Ballroom at the UT Student Union.
Closer to the competition, we will provide more details on parking, drop-off, and instructions on how to get to the event.
- Venue
- The Texas Union Ballroom
- Address
- 2308 Whitis Avenue, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Dates
- October 31, 2026
- Grade Level
- All
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- All In-Person Judging
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 36
- Spots Open
- 4
- Event Region
- Texas - Region 4
- Max Registrations per Org
- 4
- Priority Registration Opens
- 24-Aug-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 7-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 17-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- Oct 24
- Price
- $150.00
Agenda
8:00 AM: Doors Open to Public, Inspection Tables Open, Skills Field Open
9:00 AM: Check in closes,
9:15 AM: Drivers Meeting
9:45 AM: Qualification Matches Begin
12:00 PM: Lunch period. Qualifications paused. Tour of Texas Robotics
1:00 PM: Qualifications Resume
3:00 PM: Qualifications Conclude, skills field closes
3:15 PM: Alliance Selection
3:45 PM: Elimination Matches Begin ( Guest Speech Before Finals)
4:55 PM Guest Speaker Speech
5:15 PM: Awards (Both VEX and Costume Contest) and Closing Ceremony
6:00 PM: Teardown
Stream
Webcast The event will be livestreamed on YouTube
Judging Format
Judging Format Please review the following Judging Format options and keep the ones that apply to your event, and delete the others that do not apply. • All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges
Volunteer
Volunteer If you would like to volunteer, please use this sign-up . If you have any questions, reach out via email to me at hasifshaikh@utexas.edu. All volunteers are expected to get training days before the event, as well as complete training from the University of Texas at Austin
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy If bad weather were to occur, use your own discretion on attending the event. If an event is cancelled and we are not able to reschedule the event, we will refund your tournament fee minus the $5 that is paid to GRSF on registration.
- Excellence Award (V5)
- Tournament Champions (V5)
- Design Award (V5)
- Robot Skills Champion (V5)
- Tournament Finalists (V5)
- Amaze Award (V5)
- Build Award (V5)
- Innovate Award (V5)
- Judges Award (V5)
- Think Award (V5)