From Worcester to Worcester: A 7,781 Mile Robotics Journey Imagine building a competition-ready robot in just 24 hours with minimal knowledge of the game and limited experience with a robotics kit. That was the reality for VEX V5 Robotics Competition team 22935A, Galactic Einsteins, who traveled from Worcester, South Africa, to Worcester, Massachusetts, coincidently to […]

John V’Soske, a dedicated educator and VEX Robotics coach at Black Rock Middle School in Villanova, PA, is watching robotics reshape the trajectory of his students’ lives, one challenge and competition at a time. In only its third year, the school’s VEX robotics team, team 19085C, made its debut on the global stage at the […]

The all-girls VEX IQ Robotics Competition Team 6855B Warrior VEX at The Westminster Christian School in Palmetto Bay, Florida is bringing new talent and representation to the world of robotics and a new spin on competitive sports. These six young Hispanic students have not only built a winning team making it all the way to […]

In this edition: From Family Roots to Career Success: Nathan Matlack’s VEX Robotics Journey For Nathan Matlack, robotics has always been more than just a hobby; it’s been a family affair and the foundation of his career. His journey began early, inspired by his mom, Kristi Matlack, who started the VEX Robotics program at their […]

The LSU Pre-Engineering VEX is a $1,000 scholarship awarded to one outstanding LSU freshman student entering the College of Engineering each fall. The scholarship is awarded $500 for the fall semester and $500 for the spring semester of the incoming freshman year. For the scholarship to be renewed during the spring semester, the student must […]

WASHINGTON — NASA and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass., have opened registration and are seeking teams to compete in next year’s robot technology demonstration competition, which offers as much as $1.5 million in prize money. During the 2013 NASA-WPI Sample Return Robot Challenge, teams will compete to demonstrate a robot can locate […]

Robot enthusiasts, the time has come. The DARPA Robotics Challenge begins today. Will you be part of it? Over the next two years, teams will compete to develop and put to the test hardware and software designed to enable robots to assist humans in emergency response when a disaster strikes. Based on proposals submitted in […]

The Dallas flagship event took place this week at Texas Instruments, along with 100 other Girl Powered workshops spanning across the United States and the globe. These events coincided with the International Day of the Girl, adopted by the United Nations in 2011 to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the […]

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 […]

Houston, TX – January 10, 2013 – Robot-bearing students from VEX Robotics Competition (V5RC) team DiscoBots, secured top honors with the overall Excellence Award and Tournament Champions at the Army All-American Bowl VEX Robotics Competition in San Antonio this past weekend.  The students competed with and against 44 teams from Texas and Oklahoma. The action-packed […]

Girl Powered marked a highly successful year by a number of measures. There were many workshops held internationally and across the United States, including the Girl Powered Workshop at Google’s Mountain View, CA campus and the second annual Flagship Event at Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas. Other highlights include 491 new Girl Powered teams through […]

A new study from Tufts University is fueling the fire to get more girls involved in STEM and to showcase the power of mentoring in achieving this goal. The study, commissioned by The Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation and VEX Robotics, examined why males outnumber females in STEM. Data revealed that while females excel […]

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, […]

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! Team 359A, the Hawaiian Kids, from Waialua, Hawaii strives to compete at the highest level, maximizing […]

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 over 35 countries under one roof for one epic celebration as we crown the World Champions! We recently spoke to the captain of Team 9090C, Tiger, a senior at Carroll High […]

Prior to enrolling in a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Introduction to Engineering (IED) class as a junior at Butler High School in Butler, Missouri, Jeremy Shaffer often struggled with his schoolwork despite working hard and getting plenty of help. That class changed Jeremy’s direction. He started working with Autodesk’s Inventor software and before long, […]

Named Volunteer of the Year at the 2018 VEX Robotics World Championship; Masters of Education from Weber State University, 2015. Bachelors of Engineering and Technology Education from Utah State University, 2010.

Western Kentucky University Industrial Arts Education and Masters in Education Administration. Cisco Certified Academy Instructor; PLTW Engineering Master Teacher.

A co-founder of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology); Distinguished Partner at Olin College; A member of the National Academy of Engineering; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; In 2007, he received a degree honoris causa from Chilean university Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello.

Dr. Ilija Hadzic is a distinguished electrical engineer whose career has spanned advancements in communications, networks, and robotics. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Novi Sad in Serbia in 1995, followed by a Master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996 and 1999, respectively. Upon […]

The Founder and CEO of GoldieBlox, the award-winning children’s multimedia company disrupting the pink aisle in toy stores globally and challenging gender stereotypes with the world’s first girl engineer character. Debbie received her degree in Engineering at Stanford University in 2005. Debbie is an engineer, entrepreneur, and one of the leaders in the movement toward […]

BS Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico; Juris Doctor (Magana Cum Laude) – Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Law School; Past President of the Board of Directors Armor Que Sana, Inc.; Distinguished Collegiate from the College of Engineers & Land Surveyors of Puerto Rico; Past President College of Engineers & Land Surveyors of Puerto […]

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, New York Institute of Technology; VEX U 2013 Winner of the Sportsmanship Award – NYIT; VEX U 2015 Winner of the Design Award – NYIT; VEX U 2016 Winner of the Amaze Award – NYIT; VEX U 2016 Winner of the #1 in Skills Challenge – NYIT

BASc. Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo; FRC Woodie Flowers Finalist Award winner.

Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico; 22 years of experience in the hospitality industry as a Restaurant Manager; Robotics Mentor since 2013