- ROBOTICON 2019 Public Program
- 2019 Team Guide to ROBOTICON Tampa Bay – update v.2
- Detailed Load In Guide – for teams
- Public Agenda
- ROBOTICON Floor Plan
- ROBOTICON Code of Conduct for Students, Mentors, Coaches & Guests
2019 General Public Agenda*
University of South Florida Engineering Expo in the Arena Club on the 2nd floor included Virtual and Augmented Reality exhibits, Hands-Free Wheelchair, Obstacle Avoiding Wheelchair, Wheelchair-Mounted Robotic Arm, Manus Assistive Robotic Arm, and Blind-Assistance Glasses, autonomous vehicles and other research & engineering projects.
Industry Showcase Exhibits along Concourses A & D included SOFWERX robotics & drones, exhibits about Battlebots, SunTrust Foundation, US Auto Training,R2 builders, 501st Legion, AMRoC Fab Lab, Frontier Communications & more!
Our 2019 Public Program
Saturday – October 12*
- 9:30 am – Doors Open to Public – ROBOTICON Engineering Expo open in Arena Club, 2nd Floor above Arena, & Industry Showcase in the Concourse
- 9: 30 am – FIRST LEGO League Judge Training – with Rae Vinson, West Florida Robotics, Hardwood Club
- 9:45 am – ROBOTICON Welcome, with University of South Florida President Steven Currall
- 10:00 am – noon – FIRST Robotics Competition Field Connect & Practice
- 10am – noon—FIRST LEGO League Jr. Expo – Concourse/ FIRST LEGO League build & practice – Arena
- 11:00 am – Panel – Career Paths in Technology beyond Programming. – with Citi, in Media Center
- 12:00 pm – Invited Guests Luncheon, Hardwood Club
- Noon to 12:45 pm – Teams Lunch Break
- 1:00 pm – FIRST Robotics Competition Qualifiers start
- 1:00 pm to 2pm – FIRST LEGO League scrimmage
- 1:30 pm – A Tidal Wave of Assistive Technology (AT) – by FRC Team 4118, Roaring Riptide – Media Center
- 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm – FIRST Tech Challenge scrimmages , with FIRST Tech Challenge Director, Ken Johnson
- 2:00 pm – Workshop: Keeping Sponsors – by Dan Kinzer, Pinellas FTC League – Hardwood Club
- 2: 30 pm – FIRST LEGO League Jr. & FIRST LEGO League Awards Ceremony
- 3:00 pm – Linear Slides 101 by FTC Team 3101 BoomBots – Hardwood Club
- 3:00 pm – Safety Consideration for FIRST Robotics Teams – Anura Fernando, UL Engineer – Media Center
- 3: 00 pm – FIRST 101 – Public Workshop – Concourse
- 3:30 pm – Basics of FTC Notebooking by FTC Team 3101 BoomBots – Hardwood Club
- 4:00 pm – Vision Tracking to Detect Skystone (Vuforia & TensorFlow) – by FTC Team 3846 Maelstrom
- 4:30 pm – FIRST Tech Challenge Awards Ceremonies
- 5:00 pm – TeleOp with Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) Integration – by FTC Team 3846 Maelstrom
- 5:30 pm – Day 1 is done! See you Sunday morning!
* Schedule subject to change although we’ll try very hard not to!
Sunday – October 13*
- 9:30 am – Doors Open to Public
- 10:00 am – FIRST Robotics Competition welcome and opening ceremonies, USF College of Engineering Dean Robert Bishop
- 10:15 am – FIRST Robotics Competition Qualifications matches continue
- Noon to 12:45 pm – Teams & Volunteers Lunch Break
- 1:00 pm – Qualification rounds resume
- 2:00 pm – FIRST 101 – public workshop – Concourse
- 2:30 pm – Alliance Selection
- 3:00 pm – Elimination Matches Start
- 5:00 pm(ish) – Closing Ceremony – FIRST Robotics Competition Event Awards
* Schedule subject to change although we’ll try very hard not to!
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