2023 Online Challenges Winners Announced

Great job to all students from all over the globe who participated in this year’s Online Challenges! We are so proud of all the entries we saw and we are excited to share this year’s winners. Congratulations to the teams below!

Click the links below to view winning entries.

Theme It Up! Challenge

VEX Robotics Competition High School: “Pyramid Heist,” Team 97101W, California, United States
VEX Robotics Competition Middle School: “The Battle of the Planets,” Team 20785X, London, United Kingdom

Career Readiness Challenge

VEX Robotics Competition High School: “Design Thinking: How Dell Does It,” Team 9181F, British Columbia, Canada
VEX Robotics Competition Middle School: “VEX Today, Lockheed Martin Tomorrow,” Team 99157B, Virginia, United States
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “Architectural and Robotic Engineering Design Processes,” Team 21549A, Essex, United Kingdom
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “Banking With a Twist,” Team 10142Y, Hawaii, United States

Reverse Engineering Challenge

VEX Robotics Competition High School: “The Evolution Of Hearing Aids over Time,” Team 7282Z, Indiana, United States
VEX Robotics Competition Middle School: “Reverse Engineering a Samsung Galaxy S4,” Team 11196X, London, United Kingdom
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “Deconstructing a Fitness Tracker,” Team 10173C, London, United Kingdom
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “Disassembling and Analyzing a Toshiba Portege M600 Laptop,” Team 30636A, California, United States

CAD Engineering Challenge Sponsored by Autodesk

VEX U: “Mecanum Wheels with High Radial Clearance,” Team PYRO, Arizona, United States
VEX Robotics Competition High School: “Adjustable Strut,” Team 5069X, Nebraska, United States
VEX Robotics Competition Middle School: “The Cover Hinge,” Team 7481D, Texas, United States

Promote Video Challenge Sponsored by VEX

VEX U: “Welcome to The World of VEX Robotics,” Team MSOE1, Wisconsin, United States
VEX Robotics Competition High School: “It’s About VEX,” Team 6627A, California, United States
VEX Robotics Competition Middle School: “VEX: Building the Future,” Team 20785Z, London, United Kingdom
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “The Universal Language of Robotics,” Team 727Y, Pennsylvania, United States
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “Promote Video Challenge,” Team 18000A, California, United States

Girl Powered Challenge Sponsored by Google

VEX U: “Empowering Women in Alaska,” Team ICE1, Alaska, United States
VEX Robotics Competition High School: “3946S Women,” Team 3946S, Colorado, United States
VEX Robotics Competition Middle School: “Girls Who Change The Game,” Team 393Y, California, United States
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “All about Erudite!,” Team 37101E, London, United Kingdom
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “Robotics and Girls: Breaking Barriers and Building the Future,” Team 1251G, Texas, United States

Student Advocacy Award

VEX Robotics Competition High School: “Robotics Brings Recognition in the State Of South Carolina,” Team 3796B, South Carolina, United States

Poster Design Challenge

VEX Robotics Competition High School: “V5RC: The Experience of a Lifetime Recruitment Poster,” Team 1727B, Maryland, United States
VEX Robotics Competition Middle School: “HBS Spark 10173Z poster design,” Team 10173Z, Greater London, United Kingdom
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “VEX Robotics,” Team 1715K, Massachusetts, United States
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “Would YOU Like Robotics,” Team 3701A, Alabama, United States
VEX U: “VEX U Informational Poster,” Team RIT, New York, United States

Photography Challenge

VEX U: “Implementing Solutions Found From Math,” Team RIT, New York, United States
VEX Robotics Competition High School: “Tensegrity,” Team 1469A, California, United States
VEX Robotics Competition Middle School: “Lightning the Way to Our Goals,” Team 78181A, Hsin-chu, Chinese Taipei
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “Scoring photoGRAPH,” Team 952H, Maryland, United States
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “Logarithmic Spiral Ammonite Shell,” Team 91343B, California, United States

STEM Research Project

VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “Redesigning Public Transport,” Team 599X, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “Hexproof: Using maths to save lives,” Team 21549B, London, United Kingdom
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “10173C: STEM Research Project,” Team 10173C, London, United Kingdom
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “Spiraling Solar Power,” Team 34342A, Washington, United States
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “Geometric shapes in spiderwebs,” Team 2420A, Nevada, United States
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “Viper Vision,” Team 34107F, West Virginia, United States
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “Team Potentia – STEM Research Project,” Team 3383A, California, United States
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “Symmetry in Nature,” Team 34107E, West Virginia, United States
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “Solea – a sustainable solution to an unsustainable issue,” Team 21549A, Essex, United Kingdom
VEX IQ Competition Middle School: “Artificial Photosynthesising Machine,” Team 10173A, London, United Kingdom
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “The SunCatcher,” Team 62686A, Virginia, United States
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “CTE Research Project,” Team 91343B, California, United States
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “How to Control A Tornado, The Study of Angular Momentum and Flywheels,” Team 22608A, California, United States
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “Tesselations in Architecture,” Team 839Y, Ontario, Canada
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “JMZL NEWS-Emergency Shelters for Natural Disaster Relief,” Team 5164A, California, United States
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “Diminishing Air Pollution by Using Hexagons,” Team 30636D, California, United States
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “Prosthetic Socket Solution using Math Pattern in Nature,” Team 8390T, Ontario, Canada
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “Mahon’s Mystery Journal Thief,” Team 53618A, Cork, Ireland
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “Smiles in Nature,” Team 15A, California, United States
VEX IQ Competition Elementary School: “Using Nature to Reduce Air Pollution,” Team 91343E, California, United States

Career Readiness

Aerial Drone Competition Middle School: “Career Readiness Paper,” Team 48823A, Michigan, United States
Aerial Drone Competition Middle School: “Real Estate Drone Photographer, Videographer,” Team 54705A, Louisiana, United States
Aerial Drone Competition Middle School: “Career Readiness for Drones Challenge,” Team 54705B, Louisiana, United States
Aerial Drone Competition Middle School: “How Droning Can Set Up Careers for Students,” Team 54705C, Louisiana, United States
Aerial Drone Competition High School: “Astrochemists,” Team 5327P, California, United States

International Robotics Honor Society Service Award

VEX Robotics Competition High School: “Lovejoy High School IRHS Chapter: Spreading Love and Joy for STEM,” Team 1082, Texas, United States

Community Award Sponsored by Google

VEX Robotics Competition High School: “Passing It On,” Team 515R, Kentucky, United States
VEX Robotics Competition High School: “Why We Make Explanation Videos!,” Team 606X, Arizona, United States
VEX Robotics Competition High School: “Linkbot : Link to change,” Team 18190A, Guangdong, China
VEX Robotics Competition High School: “Creating an Impact, from Local to International,” Team 4253B, Chinese Taipei
VEX Robotics Competition High School: “A Day in my Life,” Team 71832P, Central, Paraguay
VEX Robotics Competition High School: “Endeavoring To Give,” Team 2496N, California, United States
VEX Robotics Competition High School: “Educating the Younger Generation,” Team 2602D, Massachusetts, United States
VEX Robotics Competition Middle School: “Inspiring the next generation of engineers,” Team 20785R, London, United Kingdom
VEX Robotics Competition High School: “Equal Opportunities in STEM,” Team 2602B, Massachusetts, United States
VEX Robotics Competition High School: “Bringing STEM Access to Underrepresented Communities,” Team 17990E, Illinois, United States

OnShape Design Challenge

VEX U Winner: Team ILLIN1, VEX U, Illinois, United States
High School Winner: Team 515R, VEX Robotics Competition High School, Kentucky, United States
High School 2nd Place: Team 1356X, VEX Robotics Competition High School, Georgia, United States
High School 3rd Place: Team 3118B, VEX Robotics Competition High School, Texas, United States
Middle School Winner: Team 4073B, VEX Robotics Competition Middle School, California, United States

Chinese Cultural Exchange Program Online Challenge

VIQC ES Winner: Team 81020A, Beijing Bayi School 北京市八一学校,Beijing 北京 (Video)
VIQC ES Finalists: Team 88299E, Youth Science & Technology Center of Beijing, Xicheng 北京市西城区青少年科学技术馆, Beijing 北京 (Video)
VIQC ES Finalists: Team 81020B, Beijing Bayi School 北京市八一学校, Beijing 北京 (Video)
VIQC ES Finalists: Team 99988A, Easylearnning Robot, Shanghai 上海 (Video)
VIQC ES Finalists: Team 66222A, Chuanglekejiao 南京创乐科教,Jiangsu 江苏 (Video)
VIQC ES Finalists: Team 6699N, Taiwan Robotics Lab, Chinese Taipei, 台湾 (Video)
V5RC MS Winner: Team 50009Y, Guangzhou Liwan Children’s Palace 广州荔湾青少年宫, Guangdong 广东 (Video)
V5RC MS Finalists: Team 80088A, Dongfengdong Road Primary School 东风路小学,Guangdong 广东 (Video)
V5RC HS Winner: Team 81011X, 天津市赛思机器人俱乐部,Tianjin 天津 (Video)
V5RC HS Finalists: Team 61669P, PTH, Chinese Taipei, 台湾 (Video)
V5RC HS Finalists: Team 71030H, PNP studio, Guangdong 广东 (Video)
V5RC HS Finalists: Team 7139B, Beijing Bayi School 北京市八一学校,Beijing 北京 (Video)