VEX Robotics
The VEX Robotics Competition is the largest and fastest growing middle and high school robotics program globally with more than 2,600 teams from 20 countries playing in over 200 tournaments worldwide.
The VEX Robotics Design System offers students an exciting platform for learning about areas rich with career opportunities spanning science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
This program is specifically tailored to bring the magic of robotics competition into the classroom. Robotics is an engaging way to integrate all facets of STEM education into the classroom and head-to-head competition is a natural way to capture students' attention. During the excitement that comes with building and competing with their robots, students will be having too much fun to realize they're learning important STEM concepts and life skills!
There are three custom tailored VEX Robotics curriculum offerings each with unique goals and methods of implementation.
A single teacher can easily implement all aspects of this program as part of their daily classroom activities. It may be easily integrated with other STEM curriculum and activities.
The VEX Robotics Design System offers students an exciting platform for learning about areas rich with career opportunities spanning science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
This program is specifically tailored to bring the magic of robotics competition into the classroom. Robotics is an engaging way to integrate all facets of STEM education into the classroom and head-to-head competition is a natural way to capture students' attention. During the excitement that comes with building and competing with their robots, students will be having too much fun to realize they're learning important STEM concepts and life skills!
There are three custom tailored VEX Robotics curriculum offerings each with unique goals and methods of implementation.
A single teacher can easily implement all aspects of this program as part of their daily classroom activities. It may be easily integrated with other STEM curriculum and activities.
The Competition
VEX Gateway is played on a 12’x12’ square field configured as seen above. Two alliances – one “red” and one “blue” – composed of two teams each, compete in matches consisting of a twenty-second autonomous period followed by two minutes of driver-controlled play.
The object of the game is to attain a higher score than your opponent Alliance by Scoring Barrels and Balls in Goals, earning Bonus Points and Doubling or Negating Goals.
(Source: http://www.vexforum.com/wiki/index.php/Gateway)
The object of the game is to attain a higher score than your opponent Alliance by Scoring Barrels and Balls in Goals, earning Bonus Points and Doubling or Negating Goals.
(Source: http://www.vexforum.com/wiki/index.php/Gateway)