VEX Robot Challenge
From DEW Robotics
The VEX Robot Challenge is a competitive robotics event. It is open to all Middle and High School students. (There is also a college division that has slightly different rules)
Robots are made up of (and limited to) VEX parts which consist of metal, motors, servos, sensors, gears, chain, etc. The robots are remotely controlled by up to two drivers. Each robot has a micro-controller that controls the functions of the motor and sensors.
The components are easy to assemble using nuts and bolts. The metal components are cut, bent and filed with hand tools. Our motto is "If you know what Righty-tighty and lefty-loosey mean and you can button a shirt (correctly) you can build VEX robots".
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VEX Teams 2009-2010
In 2009 we greatly expanded our VEX teams from 20 to 50 roboteers and from 4 teams to 9 teams. We also started an "All girl team" for this season.
The teams are listed below:
VRC Team 80 Pegasus -- our "All girl team" for 2009-2010
VRC Team 81 Longshot
VRC Team 82 Pterodactyls
VRC Team 84 Iron Tacos
VRC Team 89 Govonador
VRC Team 90 Deceptions
VRC Team 92 Invisible Name
VRC Team 96 Phat-G-raf
VRC Team 98 Vexinators
The photo was taken on 17 March with most of the team and their awards.
We also give demos, like the one at the Sugartown Elementary Robot Fair.
Team 80 Pegasus and Team 81 Longshot attended the Clean Sweep VEX World Championship in Dallas Texas. They did very well in the competition. The big win was for two of our mentors, Foster Schucker and Steve Rhoads, they won the 2010 VEX Mentor of the Year
VEX Teams 2008-2009
In 2008-2009 we had about 20 roboteers in 4 teams to play Elevation. This was the first year of the VEX challenge run by IFI, not FIRST. Information about each team can be found on the links below:
There are pictures of a few of our build nights VRC Build Nights.
The 2008-2009 VRC team is shown below with their robots.
VEX Teams 2007-2008
In 2007-2008 we had 8 roboteers in two teams to play Quad Quandary. The name was changed from First VEX Challenge to First Tech Challenge.
We went to two events, the Delaware Regional and the Pennsylvania Regional. Pictures of the two events can be found here FTC 2008 Events. Mentors that year were Rich and Foster
VEX Team 2006-2007
This was our first year of building VEX robots. We played a game called Hangin'-A-Round. Watch the game animation video. There were 5 roboteers this year. We went to one competition in Delaware. The mentor for the first year was Foster and Ernie.
