Hey guys, Since I’m pretty new to VRC, I was wondering about the notebook. What qualifications of a notebook will win you an award? Does anyone have any examples? Thanks, Dylan :slight_smile:

Look at this https://www.roboticseducation.org/documents/2016/11/vrc-engineering-notebook-team-1575a.pdf

and [image] 2915A Engineering Notebook 2016 General Forum Hey guys! We won the Excellence Award at the 2016 Worlds and we’ve seen some requests from people to see our Engineering Notebook. Therefore, we’ve decided to release a copy of it along with some pointers on what w…

hmm thats great. does your team have any tips for a good notebook?

Yes, follow the second post I made. 9791C has done well in notebooks at the middle school level, but not yet at Worlds. So take it from those who have…

This also may be useful, it is a link for the rubric for the notebook+interview. : https://www.roboticseducation.org/documents/2015/06/vrc-design-award-rubric.pdf

It says “three points for a bound notebook” I’m a bit confused. Why would they give extra points for a bound notebook instead of a regular one?

has your team ever qualified for worlds by notebook? is that even possible?

You can qualify for worlds through Design if design is a world qualifying award. (which consists of notebook and interview and i guess depending on your state.)

Document every problem you encounter, every possible solution, and why you picked a particular one. BUT then use test data to say why it was a good solution. Often the test if omitted. Once you have a good solution, document what is needed to build it, parts, scaled drawings, build techniques… On…

Example of an award winning notebook?

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