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Online Challenges Winners Announced

We are proud to announce the winners for our final round of our 2020-2021 Season Online Challenges! Great job to all the students who participated this season.

The 2021-2022 Season Online Challenges will open in the fall of 2021. We look forward to seeing your submissions. Good luck!

Recycle-Bot sponsored by the REC FoundationClick here to view winners.

  • Elementary School – VEX IQ Challenge
    1. Help-Bot Recycle Robot by Team 3141C
    2. Trash Taker 2/0 by Team 3581A
    3. Disinfector Drone by Team 10142Y
  • Middle School – VEX IQ Challenge
    1. Team 99808A Presents: The Amazing Hydro-Bot by Team 99808A
    2. Recycle Bot by Team 20210H
    3. The Trash Picker-Upper Bot by Team 405B
  • Middle School – VEX Robotics Competition
    1. Recycle-Bot 2021 Entry by Team 4073G
    2. Waker Upper 5000 by Team 74485F
    3. Go Bananas!!! by Team 74485D
  • High School – VEX Robotics Competition
    1. 97101G Recycle-Bot Submission by Team 97101G
    2. The H2rObot: The Next Generation of Plant Watering by Team 751B
    3. Recycle-Bot: 97101W’s Trash Picker by Team 97101W
  • College/University – VEX U
    1. Smile Bot – ITSMQ (Vortex) by Team ITSMQ
    2. Ceiling Roomba by Team NXS

Theme It Up! sponsored by the REC FoundationClick here to view winners.

  1. Elementary School – VEX IQ Challenge
    1. Life Above by Team 10142X
    2. Shelf of Fame by Team 10142Z
    3. Tied for 3rd Place
      • Pizza Bakers by Team 10142Y
      • Theme It Up! Rise Above Astronomical Asteroids by Team 33300E
  • Middle School – VEX IQ Challenge
    1. Mission Rise Above by Team 4606M
    2. SuperNovas Theme It Up Challenge by Team 33300B
  • Middle School – VEX Robotics Competition
    1. Conjure Up! by Team 2657A
    2. The Void Treaty War – Theme It Up – Pixibots by Team 50008C
    3. VEX Robotics Competition Team Theme It Up! Challenge Entry – 84 Blobs by Team 50008A
  • High School – VEX Robotics Competition
    1. Theme It Up: The Battle at Proxima by Team 97101W
    2. 97101G – expansionism by Team 97101G
    3. Battery apocalypse by Team 1011V
  • College/University – VEX U
    1. Wasteland Warriors by Team NXS
    2. Change Up for the Oonuts! (ITSMQ) by Team ITSMQ

Game Animation sponsored by the REC FoundationClick here to view winners.

  • Elementary School – VEX IQ Challenge
    1. Bridging Up by Team 415A
    2. SPACE CRISIS by Team 3141B
    3. Flying Tigers Save the Americans Game Animation Challenge by Team 33300D
  • Middle School – VEX IQ Challenge
    1. Game Animation – 1012W by Team 1012W
    2. Vexotics Game Animation: Elevation Station by Team 94568G
    3. Capsulated, the animation by team 999A by Team 999A
  • Middle School – VEX Robotics Competition
    1. Staircase Stack by Team 74485C
    2. Boxing The Victory – An REC Game Animation by Team 95070D
    3. Round Up 2 by Team 78452A
  • High School – VEX Robotics Competition
    1. V5RC Challenge: Cupfender (1010S Game Animation Challenge Submission) by Team 1010S
    2. Game Animation, Southwest by Team 529M
    3. Bull’s Eye V5RC Game Animation by Team 97101G
  • College/University – VEX U
    1. Pattern Panic by Team NXS

Repurpose sponsored by the REC FoundationClick here to view winners.

  • Elementary School – VEX IQ Challenge
    1. Carnival Games by Team 10142Z
    2. Plastic Bag Holder by Team 10142A
    3. 7700G Community Library by Team 7700G
  • Middle School – VEX IQ Challenge
    1. Rise Above uses by Team 405C
    2. 4606M Repurpose by Team 4606M
    3. 76414C Repurpose Online Challenge by Team 76414C
  • Middle School – VEX Robotics Competition
    1. Lamp build by Team 82874G
    2. Vex Parts Organizer – 2211A Repurpose Challenge Entry by Team 2211A
    3. Ringmaster Supply Holder by Team 2657A
  • High School – VEX Robotics Competition
    1. Repurposed ft. Tower Takeover Blocks by Team 97101G
    2. How to Recycle Your Old Vex Game Elements by Team 3204E
  • College/University – VEX U
    1. Modular Lamp by Team NXS

Educate Online sponsored by the REC FoundationClick here to view winners.

  • Elementary School – VEX IQ Challenge
    1. How to Create an Award-Winning Engineering Notebook by Team 15294A
    2. Interview Tips by Team 15294B
    3. How to make an Xdrive by Team 10142X
  • Middle School – VEX IQ Challenge
    1. How to Use the Engineering Design Process! by Team 99808A
    2. 3 Most Important Skills in VEX IQ by Team 1012W
    3. 409B Educate by Team 409B
  • Middle School – VEX Robotics Competition
    1. Tips for Working as a Team in V5RC – 2211A by Team 2211A
    2. How to Build, Program, and Perfect your Autonomous Robot with Sensors by Team 938A
    3. Educate – Good Sportsmanship by Team 90F
  • High School – VEX Robotics Competition
    1. Optimizing Drivetrain Maneuverability and Stability by Team 97101W
    2. 44691R Quality Control: Educate Online Video by Team 44691R
    3. What to Have in Your Competition Preparedness Kit by Team 1868N
  • College/University – VEX U
    1. A Brief Guide to 3D Printing in VEXU by Team NXS

About the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation

The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation’s mission is to increase student interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by engaging students in hands-on, affordable, and sustainable robotics engineering programs.

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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