Signature Events | Aerial Drone Competition
REC Foundation Signature Events offer an amped-up version of tournament play, and will challenge teams to compete for glory on the robotics field.
REC Foundation Signature Events offer an amped-up version of tournament play, and will challenge teams to compete for glory on the robotics field.
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*Teams with an asterisk listed with their name qualify for VEX Worlds 2022. VEX Robotics Competition Middle School Division (LRT) V5RC World Champions – Middle School Overall Champions V5RC Tournament Champions – Middle School Divisional Champions VEX Robotics Competition Middle School Division Judged Award Winners (LRT) VEX Robotics Competition Middle School Division (LRS) Overall Top […]
GREENVILLE, TX – October 7, 2015 – The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation has received a generous $20,000 challenge grant from Microchip Technology Inc.—a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions headquartered in Chandler, Arizona—to support the growth of the VEX IQ Challenge and the VEX Robotics Competition in Arizona. Through the grant, […]
GREENVILLE, TX – October 4, 2016 – The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation has received a generous $20,000 challenge grant from Microchip Technology Inc.—a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions headquartered in Chandler, Arizona—to support the growth of the VEX IQ Challenge and the VEX Robotics Competition in Arizona. Through the grant, […]
Effective 8:00 p.m. EDT, March 12, 2020 To the VEX Robotics Community, After thoughtful consideration and with the guidance of the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control, and local and state health officials, the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation and VEX Robotics have made the decision to cancel the 2020 VEX Robotics World […]
The Fidelity Scholars Program combines a generous annual needs-based scholarship with robust wrap-around services that support students’ persistence to degree or certificate attainment. The program is working to identify and support approximately 2,500 talented students from Fidelity’s geographical priority areas in the United States. For year 2023-2024, the program will focus on students from Florida, […]
For the last three years, the Defense STEM Education Consortium has partnered with the REC Foundation to invest in student interest in STEM careers by growing the Aerial Drone Competition with a priority focus on military connected students and other disadvantaged groups.
CHANDLER, Ariz., May 2, 2013 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions announced support of several VEX® robotics tournaments in Arizona, providing opportunities for teams who were able to qualify for the 2013 VEX Robotics World Championship, which was held April 18-20, 2013 in Anaheim, CA […]
Janeen Uzzell is the Chief Executive Officer at the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the largest Black STEM community impacting society and industry. In her former role as the Chief Operating Officer for the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, Janeen drove process improvement and helped launch the Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund to address racial […]
While dedicated mentors abound at the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation, it is rare that a volunteer is named Teacher of the Year. In December, Natasha Craft, a robotics coach and educator of 27 years for Pulaski Elementary School in Somerset, KY, received the Robert and Patricia Kern National Teacher of the Year award for […]
Since 2008, Baltimore County Public Schools teacher Christopher Putnam has inspired countless students to challenge themselves to persevere and grow by utilizing the VEX Robotics platform. Mr. Putnam is a Technology Education teacher at Hereford Middle School in Monkton, Maryland where he is a driving force behind the Hereford Zone Robotics after school club. Each […]
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 […]
