On March 13, the Philadelphia 76ers held their first ever Robotics Night to raise STEM awareness. The 76ers gave us use of the court from 12-3 p.m. to setup, run the tournament, and break down. At 12:30 we began matches. Ten V5RC teams and 10 VEX IQ teams ran four matches each. After the matches, […]
Thank you to the students from all over the globe who participated in this season’s Online Challenges! We are so impressed by all of the entries we received, and we are thrilled to share the 2025 challenge winners. Congratulations to all of these teams! Click the links below to view the winning entries. Build Instruction […]
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., April 23, 2012 – The Golden State grew a bit brighter this weekend as more than 10,000 participants comprised of middle school, high school and university students, educators and team mentors from nearly 20 countries around the globe showcased their smarts in the fierce three-day 2012 VEX Robotics Competition World Championship at […]
My sister and I are coders on our competitive high school robotics team, and we are on a mission to reshape the future of competitive robotics. If you ever go to a robotics competition, one thing will immediately grab your attention. The girls are few and far between, about 20% of total participants in our […]
We are very excited to kick off a new blog series that will feature a Q&A with the strong women mentors, coaches, teachers, and more within VEX Robotics and CS-STEM that inspire our young girls to aim high when it comes to their goals. The first woman we are featuring is Mrs. Belt-Robinson. She teaches […]
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, […]
The REC Foundation recently caught up with Melissa, Sofia, Janvi, and Parima with the Hopkinetics, Hopkinton High School’s VEX Robotics Competition Teams 2602A & B, to discuss Girl Powered. The girls hold a variety of roles on the teams with Melissa as the team builder and designer; Sofia, also a builder; Janvi an amaze and […]
Mechanical Engineering; Founded Team KTOR; Continues outreach through the “Knight School” to teach students and adults concepts and uses of the VEX Robotics Design System.
At the 2019 VEX Robotics World Championship, the REC Foundation announced the Student Advisory Board (SAB) to provide students that participate in the VEX Robotics programs an opportunity to share their experiences and give feedback. The SAB would consist of a diverse cross section of engaged VEX Robotics students from throughout the world. In the […]
On the remote Fort Apache Reservation, high in the mountains above Phoenix, native students worked on their robots. The Arizona White Mountains peeked over the Chief Alchesay Activity Center, where dozens of robotics teams from Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma gathered to compete. Some were familiar with the space, a gym usually reserved for the […]
