General Info
General Info
Welcome to TAI-VEX VEX V5 Robotics Competition™ (HS)!
This event is open to high school teams and will offer Skills challenges. The Skills field closes when the last qualification match ends.
This is a one-day event; it will take place in the gym of 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 25, 2026
- Grade Level
- High 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
- 4
- Event Region
- Chinese Taipei
- Max Registrations per Org
- 4
- Priority Registration Opens
- 29-Jul-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 30-Aug-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 24-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- 28-Sep-2026 17:00 TST
- Price
- USD$300.00 / HK$2350.00
Agenda
Sunday, October 25
Time
Activity
8:30 – 9:30
Team Check-In & Robot Inspection
9:30 – 10:10
Driver / Team Meeting
10:10 – 11:00
Practice Matches
11:00 – 12:00
Qualification Matches — Round 1
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00 – 16:00
Qualification Matches — Round 2
16:00 – 16:20
Alliance Selection
16:20 – 17:40
Elimination Matches
17:40 – 18:30
Awards Ceremony
The schedule may be updated closer to the competition.
Judging Format
Judging Format • Remote Engineering Notebooks: Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link in the "My Account" panel of the team contact on events.vex.com . The submission deadline is 12-Oct-2026, 17:00 Taiwan Standard Time. Teams can participate in this event without an Engineering Notebook and still be interviewed, but the Team will not earn any top judged awards. For the most current award descriptions and judging criteria, please visit library.globalrobotics.org . • Deadline to submit Digital Engineering Notebook is before 15-Oct-2026 • For the most current award descriptions and judging criteria, please visit library.globalrobotics.org.
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.
- Excellence Award (V5)
- 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)
- Create Award (V5)
- Innovate Award (V5)
- Judges Award (V5)
- Sportsmanship Award (V5)
- Think Award (V5)
- Tournament Semifinalists (V5)