The VEX Robotics competitions provide a structured platform for students across various age groups to engage in hands-on robotics challenges. The 2024-2025 season, themed "High Stakes," invites participants to push the boundaries of their creativity, engineering, and programming skills. The competitions are segmented into different categories, each designed to cater to specific age groups and experience levels.
Target Age Group: Young students in early elementary school
Objective: VEX GO introduces robotics to young learners through fun, collaborative, and simple challenges. Using colorful and easy-to-handle components, students build and program basic robots. The focus is on foundational STEM skills, problem-solving, and teamwork.
Game Theme: While not competitive at the global level like the other VEX categories, VEX GO activities align with the "High Stakes" theme by introducing simplified versions of the tasks, such as moving objects or simple coding challenges, to encourage learning and excitement.
Target Age Group: Elementary to middle school students
Objective: The VEX IQ Challenge provides a more complex robotics experience, where students design, build, and program robots to complete a series of tasks on a field. In the 2024-2025 season, the "Rapid Relay" game involves teams programming their robots to launch balls into targets, pass them between alliance robots, and score points by accurately hitting targets.
Educational Focus: The VIQC emphasizes learning core robotics principles, coding, and strategic thinking. It also fosters teamwork as students collaborate to optimize their robots for the tasks.
Target Age Group: Middle school to high school students
Objective: VEX V5 is designed for more advanced students who are ready to engage in complex engineering challenges. In the "High Stakes" game, teams design robots to place rings on stakes, maneuver mobile goals, and climb ladders, all within a competitive setting. This category is more intense, requiring a deep understanding of robotics, programming, and game strategy.
Advanced Skills: Participants gain experience in CAD, programming e.g Python or C++, and sophisticated mechanical engineering. This prepares them for higher education and careers in STEM fields.
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