World's Notebooks keep working on it even though no Design or Excellence at Regionals?

[DanTheMan]

Are Build/Think etc… type awards at worlds based on the notebook? We qualified today but not through design or excellence so we were wondering if we should continue with our notebook or stop working on it.

[holbrook]

There are descriptions of the judged awards in the judge guide, starting on page 17.

Having an engineering notebook is a requirement for some awards and not a requirement for others, but there are almost no judged awards where information in your notebook is not a factor at all – your engineering notebook is the primary way the judges learn about your team.

[DanTheMan]

So just to confirm a PDF of our notebook will be submitted or a physical copy will be collected, even though we are not in the running for design or excellence correct?

[holbrook]

You are correct about eligibility for design/excellence – from page 28 of the judge guide:

To be eligible for the Excellence Award at the VEX Robotics World Championship, a team must have been awarded the Excellence Award at an event that qualifies teams directly to the VEX Robotics World Championship during the current competition season.

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To be eligible for the Design Award at the VEX Robotics World Championship, a team must have been awarded the Excellence Award or Design Award at an event that qualifies teams directly to the VEX Robotics World Championship

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This page has the following to say about notebook submissions and interviews at Worlds:

Team judged interviews for the 2022 VEX Robotics World Championship will be conducted remotely via Zoom, and will be consistent with the general judging guidelines found in the REC Foundation Judge Guide with specific process and preparation instructions found on the Remote Judging Guidelines and Processes page. Team interview times will be user-selectable by designated Team Contacts (as registered in RobotEvents.com), using SignUp Genius.

Submission of the team’s Engineering Notebook will be done digitally. Digital Engineering Notebooks will be submitted via a link to where the Notebook can be accessed remotely by the judges. Instructions for Submitting Digital Engineering Notebooks can be found on this page.

It is important that the team coach/mentor and team members read and understand this entire process, especially the rules and guidelines for remote judging and preparation of the Digital Engineering Notebooks.

There is nothing on that page or in the judge guide, as far as I could find, that says teams that aren’t eligible for design or excellence won’t be allowed to submit notebooks.

[TeamTX]

@holbrook

There is nothing on that page or in the judge guide, as far as I could find, that says teams that aren’t eligible for design or excellence won’t be allowed to submit notebooks.

I thought back the last time we went to in-person Worlds (pre-Covid year) that if you hadn’t gotten exc/design you weren’t allowed to submit it at all. I remember we brought it to show judges during interviews anyway, but couldn’t actually submit it for judging.