10th Anniversary of SparkFun AVC
Save the date: September 7-9
Boulder County Fairgrounds
AVC LiveStream
Event Day Schedule & Scoring
AVC CLASSIC
Direct LinkCOMBAT BOT SCHEDULE
Direct LinkCOMBAT BOT BRACKETS
ANTWEIGHT
Direct LinkBETTLEWEIGHT
Direct LinkFEATHERWEIGHT
Direct LinkHOBBYWEIGHT
Direct LinkLIGHTWEIGHT
Direct LinkPLASTIC ANTS
Direct LinkEvent Information
DATES:
September 7–9
QUESTIONS/COMMENTS:
Email the SparkFun crew at
avc@sparkfun.com
Schedule of Events
PREVIEW DAY
Friday, September 7
10:00 a.m.
Team check-in opens
Bots & Classic AVC pits open
Classic AVC course open
6:00 p.m.
SparkFun AVC 10-Year Anniversary Competitor Reception, sponsored by Digi-Key Electronics
10:00 p.m.
Fairgrounds close; all competitors and staff must be offsite. There will be overnight security in the Classic AVC area and the Combat Bots barn will be locked.
COMPETITION DAY ONE
Saturday, September 8
8:00 a.m.
Team check-in opens
Bots & Classic AVC pits open
Inspections begin
9:00 a.m.
ALL TEAMS MUST BE IN PITS
Combat Bots safety meeting
Inspections ongoing
10:00 a.m.
COMPETITIONS BEGIN
4:00 p.m.
Classic AVC awards ceremony
Combat Bots will continue throughout the day until the tournaments are completed. At this point, we anticipate that some of the competition will spill over into Sunday morning. We will send an updated schedule to teams in the next couple of weeks as we see our final registration numbers.
10:00 p.m.
Fairgrounds close: all competitors and staff must be offsite.
COMPETITION DAY TWO
Sunday, September 9
9:00 a.m.
Combat Bot competitions ongoing, if necessary
SparkFun AVC 10-Year Anniversary Competitor Reception
sponsored by Digi-Key Electronics
Friday, September 7
6pm — 8pm
6:30 p.m. remarks by Nate Seidle & Pete Dokter, competitor recognition
Fairgrounds lot
Taco bar, no alcohol permitted
Competitors will be provided one complimentary ticket for each pit pass (i.e. each registered combat bot gets two pit passes, each registered autonomous vehicle gets three pit passes).
Additional guests may purchase tickets in advance to the reception. Tickets will be sold on site, but will be cash only.
Advance Ticket Sales for Competitor ReceptionPRIZES
First-place winners in each of these categories will receive a cash prize or, like many competitors did last year, SparkFun will make an equivalent donation to a non-profit of the winner’s choice.
K-12
$250 cash prize to the winning team for the following divisions:
- Plastic Ants
- Featherweight
- Logistics Class
- Autonomous Car Wars
- Speed Demons
Higher Ed
$250 cash prize to the winning team for the following divisions:
- Antweight
- Beetleweight
- Hobbyweight
- Featherweight
- Logistics Class
- Autonomous Car Wars
- Speed Demons
Adult
$500 cash prize to the winning team for the following divisions:
- Antweight
- Beetleweight
- Hobbyweight
- Featherweight
- Logistics Class
- Autonomous Car Wars
- Speed Demons
Additional prizes from Garmin include 35% off coupons for K12 and Higher Ed winners, a Lidar V3 HP + Sample code for the winning adult teams, and product samples for the winners of each special award.
2018 Event Rules
Lodging Information
Courtyard Marriott:
1410 Dry Creek Drive
Longmont, CO 80501
Rate: $139/night no breakfast
SPECTATORS
The Boulder County Fairgrounds is an open facility and spectators are welcome to attend SparkFun AVC 2018. We will not be selling tickets to spectators for the event.
Classic AVC
There are no entry limitations to the Classic AVC portion of the event. We ask that spectators respect our competitors, their vehicles and pits areas, and not interfere with the administration of the competition.
Combat Bots
We do have a capacity limit to the barn that the Combat Bots tournament is held in. We will have limited space for competitors inside the barn, and space for spectators depends on the number of people that will be participating as competitors. This will be managed on site. Spectators are not allowed in the pits areas.
Safety
All participants will need to sign a safety waiver. Copies to sign will be available on site; any participants under the age of 18 who will not have a parent present on the day of the event (starting September 7) will need to download the waiver and have it signed in advance.
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