General Info
General Info
This is the 9th annual NorCal Signature High School Event.
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This event will be a qualifying event for the VEX Robotics World Championships. We look forward to your participation!
We strive to conduct the event safely. Please ensure you have read the Health and Safety Policies, for your own safety and others at the event. We have made arrangements to have a fun and safe event for everyone.
No pre-qualification requirements to register for the event. If you have financial difficulty please send us an email and we will support you on a case-by-case basis.
Grade Level: High School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Digital Engineering Notebooks + In-Person Team Interviews
Important Updates:
- Consent Forms: All student team members have to fill out consent forms signed by parents/legal guardians and upload it to robotevents
- Engineering Notebooks: All teams planning to submit engineering notebooks are required to do so online. Submission deadline: TBD
- Event will be LiveStreamed:
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- Venue
- India Community Center (ICC)
- Address
- 525 Los Coches Street, Milpitas, California 95035, United States
- Dates
- February 12 – 14, 2027
- Grade Level
- High School
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- Digital Engineering Notebooks + In-Person Team Interviews
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 100
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- California - Region 2
- Max Registrations per Org
- 5
- Priority Registration Opens
- 23-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 6-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 10-Feb-2027 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 10-Feb-2027
- Price
- $600.00
Agenda
The following Agenda is tentative and will be updated closer to the event dates
Friday, Feb 12th, 2027
5:30 PM - Inspection and skills field open
8:15 PM - Inspection and skills field close
8:30 PM - Facility closes. All teams required to vacate the premises.
Saturday, Feb 13th, 2027
6:45 AM - Doors Open and Inspection Begins - Only for teams not inspected on Feb 12th
7:30 AM - Inspection closes (hard deadline)
7:45 AM - Opening Ceremonies
8:00 AM - Drivers Meeting
8:30 AM - Qualification matches and skills begin
12:00 PM - Lunch break
12:30 PM - Qualification matches resume
7:30 PM - Day Ends, clean up and start vacating the premises
8:00 PM - Facility closes. All teams required to vacate the premises.
Sunday, Feb 14th, 2027
7:45 AM - Doors Open
8:15 AM - Qualification Matches & Skills Resume
12:00 PM - Alliance Selection Begins & Skills Fields Close
12:30 PM - Lunch
1:00 PM - Elimination Matches Begin
3:30 PM - Award Ceremonies and Closing Completed
4:00 PM - All teams are required to vacate the premises. Facility Closed.
Travel Info
Date: 12-Feb-2027 - 14-Feb-2027 India Community Center (ICC) 525 Los Coches Street Milpitas, California 95035 United States Travel Info Travel Info Book your group rate for VEX Robotics Competition Room Block Teams make their own reservations at the link below to book rooms at a discount. You will be directed to the property’s home page with the negotiated rate code already entered in the appropriate field for a quickroom reservation. You may also call the Marriott reservation line at 1 (800) 321-2211 or (510) 656-1800 and refer to the name of the group to receive the special group rate. VEX Robotics Competition Room Block Information Hotel : Courtyard by Marriott Milpitas Silicon Valley Address: 1480 Falcon Drive, Milpitas CA 95035 Room Reservation Link: Click Here Discounted rate: 109 USD per night Booking Dates: between Friday, February 12 - Monday, February 15, 2026 Cutoff Date: February 9, 2026 but note that these reservations get full much earlier. Marriott Hotel contact : Tawanna Lewis (Sales Executive) +1 (408) 758-1107 (M) Tawanna.Lewis2@marriott.com Any reservations or changes made past the cutoff date cannot be guaranteed but will be accepted based on availability. ___________________________________________________________________ Things to do nearby: • Go Kart Racing - Santa Clara - 8 miles - Directions from Tournament Location • Things to do in San Francisco - TripAdivsor • Exploratorium - a public learning laboratory exploring the world through science, art, and human perception on Pier 15, San Francisco • California Academy of Sciences - an aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park • Chabot Space & Science Center - a full dome planetarium, giant screen theater, and research-level telescopes in the Redwood Regional Park in Oakland • Hiller Aviation Museum - a Smithsonian Affiliate museum, was opened by helicopter designer and inventor Stanley Hiller Jr., featuring more than 50 aircraft • Computer History Museum • NASA Ames Research Center • Intel Museum
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. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date. Notebook submission deadline will be published soon.
Volunteer
Volunteer We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers who can bring their energy and willingness to help run the tournaments and support us! Sign up today and be part of the action -- Tournament Volunteering Sign Up Form: https://tinyurl.com/VEXTournament-volunteer Please reach out to Nisha Malani at robotics@indiacc.org for other volunteering opportunities at ICC Milpitas! • All volunteering counts towards volunteering hours for students • We are happy to sign necessary volunteering hours forms for you
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy We do not expect dad weather to not impact this event, since all activities are indoors or in covered areas. However, in case of an unforeseen cancellation, the event partner(s) will communicate with you as early as possible. Teams should make sure their contact information on events.vex.com is up to date, and includes phone numbers that they will be able to access during weekends and / or holidays, in case of any urgent communications become necessary.
- Excellence Award (V5)
- Tournament Champions (V5)
- Design Award (V5)
- Robot Skills Champion (V5)
- Amaze Award (V5)
- Build Award (V5)
- Create Award (V5)
- Innovate Award (V5)
- Judges Award (V5)
- Sportsmanship Award (V5)
- Think Award (V5)