General Info
General Info
Welcome to TAI-VEX VEX V5 Robotics Competition™ (MS)!
This event is open to Middle School teams and will offer Skills challenges. The Skills field closes when the last qualification match ends.
This is a one-day event that will take place in the gym at the American School in Taichung!
Payment Information. https://forms.gle/FiRhth1Aq3zq7UkQ8
Lunch will be provided for all members and coaches.
Lunch survey form: https://form.jotform.com/261663194482463
Late Arrivals
Teams must be checked in 45 minutes prior to the start of the qualification matches so that the match schedule may be printed. Teams must contact the event partner if they are running late or they will be removed from the team list for the event.
In Person Interview
- Venue
- American School in Taichung
- Address
- 21 Ningyuan Lane, Taichung, 406, Taiwan
- Dates
- October 26, 2026
- Grade Level
- Middle School
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- Remote Engineering Notebooks
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 30
- Spots Open
- 10
- Event Region
- Chinese Taipei
- Max Registrations per Org
- 5
- Priority Registration Opens
- 28-Jul-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 31-Aug-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 23-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- 23-Sep-2026 17:00 TST
- Price
- USD$300.00 / HK$2350.00
Agenda
Monday, October 26th at American School in Taichung
Time Content8:30 – 9:10
Team Check-In & Robot Inspection
9:10 – 09:40
Driver / Team Meeting
09:50 – 10:30
Skill field open
Practice Matches
10:40 – 12:00
Qualification Matches — Round 1
12:00 – 12:50
Lunch Break
12:50 – 14:40
Qualification Matches — Round 2
14:50 – 15:10
Alliance Selection
15:10 – 16:10
Elimination Matches
16:10 – 16:40
Awards Ceremony
The schedule may be updated closer to the competition.
Judging Format
Judging Format • Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on events.vex.com. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date. • The submission deadline is 15-Oct-2026, 17:00 Taiwan Standard Time • For the most current award descriptions and judging criteria, please visit library.globalrobotics.org. • Full policy and step-by-step instructions here: TAIVEX_Notebook_Submission_Privacy_Policy - Google Docs
Volunteer
Volunteer It takes a lot of people to run this competition, especially given the multiple days it takes. If you are interested in Volunteering, Please email vex@ast.tc.edu.tw with the subject line of Volunteer
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy In the case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations, please visit the event on events.vex.com where updates about the event status will be posted as needed. Event Partners will also make every effort to reach teams directly in case of an emergency. Make sure your team contact information is up to date in your events.vex.com account, as this is the information that will be used to contact your team. Teams should make sure their contact information in events.vex.com is up to date and includes both school and non-school phone numbers.
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- Tournament Champions (V5)
- Design Award (V5)
- Robot Skills Champion (V5)
- Robot Skills 2nd Place (V5)
- Robot Skills 3rd Place (V5)
- Tournament Finalists (V5)
- Amaze Award (V5)
- Build Award (V5)4813C Taipei
- Create Award (V5)
- Innovate Award (V5)
- Judges Award (V5)
- Think Award (V5)
- Tournament Semifinalists (V5)