General Info
General Info
Welcome to the McCallum Robo Bonobos VEX Tournament!
>>> This event is for Texas Region 4 teams. Teams from outside the region will be moved to the waiting list. <<<
Notebooks must be physical, be sure and create your summary pages.
Each team should provide one volunteer, lots of jobs big and small. Use this sign up to volunteer.
Agenda:
7:30 am Doors open, pits open, inspection open
7:45 am Robot Skills begins for inspected teams
9:20 am Inspection close, Driver meeting, Match schedule released
9:35 am Audience welcome
10:00 am Qualifications, and Judging begin
11:45 pm Lunch
12:45 pm Qualifications, Skills, and Judging resume
2:30 pm Qualifications, Skills, and Judging end
2:50 pm Alliance selection
3:00 pm Eliminations and Awards
4:30 pm Event ends
- Venue
- McCallum High School Cafeteria
- Address
- 5600 Sunshine Drive, Austin, Texas 78756, United States
- Dates
- December 5, 2026
- Grade Level
- High School
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- All In-Person Judging
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 32
- Spots Open
- 21
- Event Region
- Texas - Region 4
- Max Registrations per Org
- 4
- Priority Registration Opens
- 1-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 10-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 7-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 14-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Price
- $95.00
Agenda
7:30 am Doors open, pits open, inspection open
7:45 am Robot Skills begins for inspected teams
9:20 am Inspection close, Driver meeting, Match schedule released
9:35 am Audience welcome
10:00 am Qualifications, and Judging begin
11:45 pm Lunch
12:45 pm Qualifications, Skills, and Judging resume
2:30 pm Qualifications, Skills, and Judging end
2:50 pm Alliance selection
3:00 pm Eliminations and Awards
4:30 pm Event ends
Stream
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfYLoXdoqYwL8IH5vM37GUQ/videos
Webcast The event will be live streamed at the McCallum Robotics YouTube Channel .
Travel Info
Date: 5-Dec-2026 McCallum High School Cafeteria 5600 Sunshine Drive Austin, Texas 78756 United States Travel Info Parking at McCallum is broken into several small lots. The image below shows the best options for parking as well as the event entrance location. Although there are a handful of spots on the drop-off loop, parking on the west side of Sunshine (A) is your next best option. The lot accross the street (B) belongs to McCallum, and the faculty lot (C) to the north is also a good option. The entrance is accessible, and the venue is the cafeteria (V).
Judging Format
Judging Format In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams must bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges. Digital notebooks will not be reviewed.
Volunteer
Volunteer These events are all volunteer run, please aim to lend one volunteer for each team you are registering. Lots of opportunities big and small. The hardest role to fill is typically Judge . Be assured that technical backgrounds are useful but not required. Being a Judge is a great way to meet some of the students and understand the hard work they put in to produce their robots. Please use this sign up to volunteer.
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy If bad weather was to occur, use your own descretion on attending the event. If an event is cancelled and we are not able to reschedule the event we will refund your tournament fee.