Participant guide
Who can compete
Up to 60 Auburn students.
Teams
Teams form at registration, Friday 5:00 PM, and sit together at their tables.
COPY: team size limits
Expectations
COPY: event expectations and guidelines
AI policy
COPY: policy on AI tools
Friday
Teams get their design constraints and problems at 7:00 PM, then plan, work around expected challenges, and write code. No physical work.
Physical work
Physical work (soldering, etc.) happens only during Makerspace hours.
| Saturday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM |
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| Sunday | 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM |
Working overnight
Teams may work around the clock Saturday into Sunday, but no physical work (soldering, etc.) outside Makerspace hours.
Advisors
COPY: what advisors do and how teams work with them
| Friday 8:00 PM | Check-in 1 |
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| Saturday 11:00 AM | Check-in 2 |
| Saturday 5:00 PM | Check-in 3 |
| Sunday 8:00 AM | Final check-in |
Judging
| Sunday 10:00 AM | Team presentations |
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| Sunday 12:00 PM | Judging |
COPY: judging criteria
Prizes and awards
COPY: prizes and award categories
| Sunday 12:30 PM | Awards |
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What to bring
COPY: what teams can bring (laptops, parts, code written before the event)
Makerspace safety
COPY: Makerspace safety rules and required training