General Info
General Info
Welcome to the Roundtable Robotics Challenge 2027 "Override".
Foothill High School and the Knight Time Bots, Team 6627, are exctied to be hosting and look forward to seeing your teams compete.
Please review all the information on the event page, paying special attention the the event schedule.
All engineering design notebooks must be turned in digitally, no later than Jan. 2nd, 2027. In person notebooks will not be accepted.
Awards at the Roundtable will be designed and crafted by Foothiil robotics students and the tournament champions along with the excellence award winner will recieve a specially designed championship banner.
The Knight Time Robotics Booster Club will be hosting a snack bar that always provides exceptional goodies.
Lunch is on your own with many fastfood locations within a 5 to 10 minute drive.
Thank you for attending the event. All proceeds from the tournnament go directly to supporting robotics at Foothill High School
We apprectiate your teams competeing in the Roundtable Challenge.
Please contact the Event Partner, Jorge Marquez - [email protected] , with any questions or concerns.
- Venue
- Foothill High School
- Address
- 19251 Dodge Avenue, Santa Ana, California 92705, United States
- Dates
- January 9, 2027
- Grade Level
- Middle School
- 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
- 6
- Event Region
- California - Region 4
- Max Registrations per Org
- 5
- Priority Registration Opens
- 29-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 14-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 26-Dec-2026 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- December 26, 2026 by Midnight
- Price
- $180.00
Agenda
The Roundtable Robotics Challenge 2027 "Override" will use the following agenda on the day of the event:
6:30 AM Doors open for volunteers.
7:00 AM Doors open for all teams. Please check in with the table in the foyer before entering the event center.
7:15 AM Inspections open.
8:30 AM Inspections closes.
8:45 AM Driver team meeting in the bleachers next to the boys restroom. The pits are to be vacacted and all team members must be in the bleachers.
9:15 AM Qualifications begin and Skills field opens.
12:15 PM Lunch Break (The skills filed will be closed during lunch).
1:00 PM Qulifications and skills resume.
3:00 PM Qualifications end and the skills field is closed.
3:15 PM Alliance Selection begins.
3:30 PM Elimination rounds begin with select awards given between rounds.
4:45 PM Tournament ends. Championship and Excellence Awards presented.
5:00 PM Teams exit the venue and clean up begins.
Note: The event will run ahead of schedule whenever possible. Please pay attention throughout the day how the tournament is progressing.
The lunch break will not change and start at 12:15 regardless of tournament pace.
Stream
Webcast The event will be broadcast via Tustin Robotics on YouTube. Go to YouTube and search for TUSD Robotics then look for the Roundtable Robotics Challenge 2027 "Override" and click on that page.
Travel Info
Date: 9-Jan-2027 Foothill High School 19251 Dodge Avenue Santa Ana, California 92705 United States Travel Info The event is being held at the Foothill High School Event Center, the large building next to the track.
Judging Format
Judging Format Team Interview Judging - The Interviews will be judged in-person the day of the event. Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions: Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact. The submission deadline for the event is January 2, 2027 by 12:00 Midnight.
Volunteer
Volunteer Please contact the Event Partner, Jorge Marquez, jamarquez724@sbcglobal.net, if you wish to volunteer and to see if there are any postions available
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy All teams will be notified, via email, in the event of an extreme emergency or bad weather which causes the event to be cancelled.