Last Revised: 3 April 2013

Highlighted information is new for 2013

See General Contest Information for information common to ALL BULLINGTON'S SKILL CONTESTS. Please print a copy for your records.

Mobile Robotics Technician Contestants for 2013 will take the PDP TEST ONLY online at school. See info below.

The Robotics Technician Technical math problem will be omitted from the State Competition.

Written testing for most contests will be held ON-LINE through your schools' Testing Liaison.
Testing will be open beginning Monday, March 11.
The deadline for taking the on-line tests is Wednesday, April 17.
No provisions are being made for make-up testing on-site.
See the State SkillsUSA Director's Memo for the policy on substitutions and late registrations.

New for 2011: only the top THREE places will be called to the stage. Students and advisors will be able to check their scores and placement on-line shortly following the awards ceremony.

Each contestant will be required to bring his or her printed resume. It will be presented to the judges upon entry to the contest area at the contestant meeting, Sunday afternoon. A deduction will be applied to your overall score if you do not have a resume.

For additional information about the Mobile Robotics Technician State Contest, please contact Maemi Dildy or Jalinda Hogan, Contest Chairs, at 918-828-1384, 918-828-1395, maemi.dildy@tulsatech.edu or jalinda.hogan@tulsatech.edu

Teams will need to report to the Tulsa Convention Center on April 22nd.  Students will be allowed to enter the contest area at 8:00 a.m. The contest will begin at 9:00 a.m. and students will remain in the holding area until after the contest is complete. Contestants are encouraged to bring snacks and/or drinks -- they will not be permitted to leave the contest area.  Contestants are required to be in official SkillsUSA dress.

Teams will need to report to the Tulsa Convention Center Competition Area on April 21^st at 4pm for a contestant meeting and to turn in the resume, engineering notebook, and the robot. The contest will begin at 9:00 a.m. Monday and students will remain in the holding area until after the contest is complete. Contestants are encouraged to bring snacks and/or drinks -- they will not be permitted to leave the contest area. Contestants are required to be in official SkillsUSA dress.

CLOTHING REQUIREMENT

For men: Official SkillsUSA white polo shirt with black dress slacks, black socks and black leather shoes.

For women: Official SkillsUSA white polo shirt with black dress skirt (knee-length) or slacks, black socks or black or skin-tone seamless hose and black leather dress shoes.  All: Safety glasses with side shields or goggles. (Prescription glasses can be used only if they are equipped with side shields. If not, they must be covered with goggles.)

These regulations refer to clothing items that are pictured and described at:www.skillsusastore.org. If you have questions about clothing or other logo items, call 800-401-1560 or 703-956-3723.

Note: Contestants must wear their official contest clothing to the contest orientation meeting.

RULES and REGULATIONS
From this competition, we will select a secondary team to represent Oklahoma at the National SkillsUSA Championships in Kansas City. Therefore, we will follow the national rules and regulations and content as closely as possible. We want our contestants to be prepared to compete at the national level. The national rules, Contest Guidelines, can be found on the national web site – http://www.skillsusa.org/downloads/PDF/contests/MobileRobotics.pdf

Instructors will not be allowed in the competition or pit area at any time.

The Robotics Technician Technical math problem will be omitted from the State Competition.

One of the engineering change order rounds will be omitted from the State Competition.

One very important difference from nationals is that teams must bring your robot already built, programmed, and ready to compete at state. The assembly period will be omitted from the State Competition.

EQUIPMENT and MATERIALS

Teams will provide the following:

1. Robot built, programmed, and ready to compete.

2. SkillsUSA VEX Robotics Kit (only parts listed on bill of materials listed in the Mobile Robotics Team Guide).

3. Engineer's Notebook.

4. Laptop with licensed VEX programming software (for the Cortex microcontroller) and presentation software.

5. Safety glasses.

6. Allen wrench set.

7. Power strip and extension cord.

MOVE OUT

The contest area must be picked up and all tape removed from the floor. This is the responsibility of instructors and contestants.

INDUSTRY AWARDS

Please contact your Awards Chairman for details and to let him/her know of industry awards you have secured.  I know many of you have already been hard at work securing the awards. These awards should be labeled with the name, address, and contact person for the donating industry so that the contestant they are awarded to can send an appropriate expression of his or her appreciation.