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Featured Video: Girl Powered Flagship Event 2019

November 27, 2019
Over 50 girls from the Dallas, TX area gathered together at the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas’s STEM Center of Excellence in October for our third annual Girl Powered Flagship Event, sponsored by Te...
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Being Girl Powered: Shari Eskenas

October 27, 2020
I’ve enjoyed building things with electronics from an early age. In elementary school, I enjoyed “snap together” circuits and creating simple circuits on breadboards that lit up LEDs or spun a motor....
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Being Girl Powered: Julianne Rodriguez and her Telepresence Robot

October 19, 2020
Meet Julianne Rodriguez, a high school senior who is passionate about STEM and using her robotics skills to help others. She’s currently a student pilot, and loves programming robots. During...
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Meet the Girl Powered Team Feature: Veronica Andrulat

October 15, 2020
If we could rewind to January 2016, and you told me I would work for a robotics company, I would tell you that you’re crazy! I didn’t really know what “robotics” was. I was studying Video Production ...
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Being Girl Powered: Sophie Hernandez

October 9, 2020
My name is Sophie Hernandez, a senior at Holy Names High school. Around 8th grade, I knew I wanted to pursue an engineering career in the future. However, I never truly felt supported in my middle sc...
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World’s Largest Robotics Competition Goes Virtual: Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation’s to Host VEX Robotics Virtual World Celebration and First-Ever Fantasy Robotics Tournament

April 17, 2020
Greenville, TX – April 17, 2020 – The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation is taking its annual VEX Robotics World Championship virtual this year. Although the COVID-19 out...
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2020 VEX Robotics World Championship Canceled

March 10, 2020
Effective 8:00 p.m. EDT, March 12, 2020 To the VEX Robotics Community, After thoughtful consideration and with the guidance of the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control, and l...
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Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation 2020 Online Challenges Winners Announced

March 4, 2020
DALLAS, TX – March 4, 2020 – The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Online Challenges, which encourage students to take what they’ve ...
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2025-2026 Signature Event Updates

  1. An Event Partner wanting to apply to host a Signature Event must have hosted events for at least 2 seasons prior to applying. 
  2. Signature Events must use the officially branded award banners for the Excellence Award and Tournament/Teamwork Champions Award.
  3. When hanging field skirts the VEX Robotics logo/brand name can not be covered up on the competition fields.
  4. VEX V5 Robotics Competition Signature Events may have regional capacity and max per organization restrictions lifted 8 weeks before the event if the event is not full (similar to the process already in place for VEX IQ Robotics Competition Signature Events).
  5. Minimum pit size reduced to 8’x 8’ instead of 10’x10’.
  6. Beginning in the 2025-2026 season, the REC Foundation will collect $10 instead of $5 per team registration on all Signature Events. This is to help offset travel costs for REC Foundation staff to support these larger events.

2025-2026 Signature Event Application Reminders

  1. Existing Signature Events only need to complete the Final Application (due by March 31, 2025)
  2. New Signature Event concepts will need to complete the Initial Proposal by January 31, 2025 and if approved, complete the Final Application by March 31, 2025.
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