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Throughout 2023 and 2024, the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (RECF), in collaboration with Google, held robotics workshops in fourteen locations across the U.S. At each stop, hundreds of students attended immersive, hands-on workshops to dive into the exciting world of STEM and robotics. Nearly 700 students, primarily middle schoolers, participated, with almost 600 exploring robotics for the first time. Students were guided by dedicated RECF staff, Google volunteers, and local community members.
“With Google’s generous support, we expanded hands-on robotics education, allowing more students to design, build, and operate robots in a dynamic and inspiring environment.”
–Dan Mantz, CEO of RECF
“For us, robotics is more than just competitions. It’s about inspiring creativity, passion and innovation in every student.”
–Jeremy W., VEX V5 Robotics Competition Team 8889A, Massachusetts, United States
Congratulations to all of our 2025 Online Challenge Finalists and Winners. This year, participants expanded their STEM skills and showcased their creativity with a wide variety of projects that helped build valuable workforce readiness skills like time management, project management, research, CAD design, graphic design, video production, documentation, and community engagement. A huge thank you to students from all over the world who participated in this season’s Online Challenges and to our partners and sponsors for continuing to support these opportunities.
In the Lynwood Unified School District, south of Los Angeles, California, launching and building a successful competitive VEX Robotics program has been essential to providing opportunities to many first-generation college students. With the help of grant funding from the Mazda Foundation (USA), Inc., this community has developed a successful program under the guidance of Steve Cline. The competitive VEX Robotics program is integrated into the school’s Project Lead the Way (PLTW) curriculum, reiterating lessons from the classroom in a fun and competitive real-world setting. The goal for Cline is to help his students gain confidence and experience in the world of STEM that goes beyond traditional learning.
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) and the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (RECF) have partnered to enhance engineering and robotics education by offering industry-recognized credentials through aligned curricula. This collaboration provides students with a strong foundation in STEM, preparing them for successful careers in engineering and robotics while addressing the global demand for skilled professionals in these fields.
We have big news to share! Louann Cormier, RECF’s Senior Program Manager for the Aerial Drone Competition, was featured recently in The Drone Girl. Learn what happens when you put a drone in the hands of a student who never thought they’d be interested in STEM. Hint: The results are transformational! This growing initiative is changing the game for middle and high school students nationwide.
As we approach the end of the 2024-2025 competition season, participants in RECF programs celebrate their accomplishments from this season and look forward to what comes next. See some of the most recent stories about our teams and events here:
