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. It was so fun to combine electronic parts and watch the circuit come to life. But the real game changer for me was […]
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 the height of the Covid-19 outbreak, many people in senior living facilities in her area were unable to see loved ones. To help connect people, […]
Greenville, TX – April 10, 2018 – The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation is proud to announce the 11th annual VEX Robotics World Championship, presented by the Northrop Grumman Foundation. Taking place April 25 – May 1, 2018 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY, the week-long event celebrates the world’s best builders, […]
The REC Foundation recently caught up with Team 9225C, Wildcat Robotics from White Plains High School in Anniston, Alabama. Team members include Alexis, Rebecca, Rachel, Chase, and their coach Bo Shaw. Girl Powered Team 9225C is an all-girls team that formed when the girls determined that the members of their previous co-ed team didn’t take […]
Road to VEX Worlds is a weekly series featuring teams on their path to Louisville, Kentucky, on April 20-23, 2016, to compete with 1,000 teams from nearly 30 countries under one roof for one epic celebration as we crown the World Champions! This week we caught up with VEX U team VCAT2 from Vaughn College of […]
Greenville, TX – December 21, 2015 – One of the more seasoned and experienced teams in the VEX Robotics Competition, VEXcalibur—Team 3018V from Council Bluffs, Iowa—has participated for the past four years in the middle school division. The team began because Jason Plummer’s youngest son was too young to participate on the high school robotics team, […]
For International Women’s Day we’re featuring a VEX student from Team 3818 at International School Manila. She explains how robotics has grown her passion for STEM and the many opportunities her school provides. It’s amazing to see how Girl Powered has spread globally over the past two years through the lens of so many VEX […]
