Students participate in The REC Foundation’s Online Challenges and show off their work, win prizes, and even win a chance to compete at the VEX Robotics World Championship.

RECF Summit for VEX Programs 2025 Introduction The 2025 RECF Summit will take place on July 22-23, 2025, with a welcome dinner on July 21 at The America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The RECF Summit included Coaches and Event Partners with sessions for each group, which highlighted all of the new and exciting information […]

The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation sparks interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by engaging students in hands-on, sustainable, and affordable curriculum-based robotics programs.

Online Challenges provide a unique opportunity for students from around the world to participate in VEX competitions. Students can show off their work, win prizes, and even win a chance to compete at the VEX Robotics World Championship.

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RECF Summit for Drone Programs 2025 Introduction The 2025 Inaugural REC Foundation Drone Competition Summit took place on July 22-23, 2025, at the Drury Plaza Hotel St. Louis at the Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. The Summit featured general sessions and separate breakout sessions for Coaches and Event Partners, with a range of training and […]

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International Robotics Honor Society Students with exceptional academic standing have the opportunity to apply for membership in a local chapter of the International Robotics Honor Society (IRHS) to earn nationally recognized graduation honors for their participation in a host of high school robotics competitions. While each chapter can develop their own local objectives, the primary […]

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Learn about the REC Foundation’s robotics and drone competition programs.

…REC Foundation does not require curriculum, the following resources are available for teachers to consider. VEX V5 STEM Labs (free) – VEX V5 STEM Labs include Over 65 hours of…

The REC Foundation seeks to increase student interest and involvement in STEM by engaging students in hands-on, sustainable, and affordable curriculum-based robotics engineering programs.

The Aerial Drone Competition offers hands-on learning in drone technology, flight, programming, and documentation. Teams explore drone careers while developing workforce skills through teamwork and problem-solving.

The VEX Factory Automation Competition is a classroom-based competition that provides students with essential and desirable foundational skills needed for today’s advanced manufacturing careers.

The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020-2021 Online Challenges! Our online judging panel reviewed over 1,400 entries in this round and they were impressed by the incredible quality and passion of submissions. Students should be very proud of their work. We saw many new teams entering […]

GREENVILLE, TX – March 1, 2018 – The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Online Challenges, which encourage students to take what they’ve learned through VEX Competitions and apply it to areas such as video creation, engineering design, website development, and photography. Students who submit to […]

DALLAS, TX – March 11, 2019 – The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Online Challenges, which encourage students to take what they’ve learned through VEX Competitions and apply it to areas such as video creation, website development, and photography. Students who submit to the Online […]

DALLAS, TX – March 4, 2020 – The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Online Challenges, which encourage students to take what they’ve learned through our programs and competitions and apply it to areas such as video creation, website development, and photography. Students who submit to […]

Great job to all students from all over the globe who participated in this year’s 2022 Online Challenges! We are so proud of all the entries we saw and we are excited to share this year’s winners. Congratulations to the teams below! Click the links below to view winning entries. Girl Powered Online Challenge, Sponsored […]

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 […]

GREENVILLE, TX – March 3, 2017 – The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Online Challenges, which encourage students to take what they’ve learned through VEX Competitions and apply it to areas such as video creation, engineering design, website development, and photography. Students who submit to […]

GREENVILLE, TX – March 3, 2017 – The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Online Challenges, which encourage students to take what they’ve learned through VEX Competitions and apply it to areas such as video creation, engineering design, website development, and photography. Students who submit to […]

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 Foundation – […]

Greenville, TX – June 10, 2021: The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit, and VEX Robotics hosted a first-of-its-kind global student competition, the Live Remote VEX Robotics World Championship on May 17-29, 2021, that showcased the incredible talent and skills of student competitors. With 12,693 participants, this revolutionary event was recognized by […]