Team 1241 - Theory6 Robotics

THE

VEX ROBOTICS COMPETITION

• Great opportunity for middle school, high school and post secondary students.

• Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) experience.

• Hands on & realistic approach to learning.

• Soft skills: teamwork, leadership, problem - solving.

• Given way to other robotics products that cover education, consumer and business markets.

Introduction

• Created by Innovation FIRST in 1996

• Originally produced electronics for autonomous mobile ground robots.

• Leader in educational and competitive robot products.

• Several companies: VEX Robotics Inc., RackSolutions Inc., Innovation FIRST Labs Inc.

History of VEX

• Pre-made modifiable parts

• VEX Robotics releases a new game every year.

• Team is responsible for designing, creating, programming and evaluating every other aspect involved.

• Attend various regionals to compete. Winners and certain awards qualify for World Championships.

How does it work?

What does a VEX Robot look like?

• Teams attend various regionals to compete with other local teams.

• Play a certain number of qualification matches with random partners.

• Top 8 at the end of QM, get to be “Alliance Captains”, who get to pick their own partners for the Elimination Rounds.

• Robot & Programming Skills Challenges

• Tournament Champions, Design & Excellence award winners qualify to World Championships.

The Regionals

• All games are played on a 12” by 12” field.

• Each match features 4 robotics, two on each alliance of blue & red.

• Match consists of autonomous and tele operated modes.

• Certain constrains which the robot must meet with.

• Game objects can be manipulated according to game rules.

Autonomous Period: 20 seconds

Tele-Op Period: 120 seconds

The VEX Game

sack attack (12’ -13’)

• Consists of 400 H.S Teams, split across 4 divisions: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math.

• 100 Middle School and 50 college/university teams.

• Teams play qualification matches to establish ranking, and then do the normal alliance selection.

• Top 8 seeds play elimination rounds, and then the winning alliance of the division faces off against the winning alliances of the other divisions in an ultimate showdown.

• Eliminations are best of three matches.

• Have been held in Greenville, Dallas, Florida & Anaheim.

The World Championship’s

• Each VEX team = Enterprise.

• Several administrative tasks become key in being a successful.

• Project Management

• Accounts, Budget, Sponsorship

• Media Outreach: Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Website.

• Community Involvement

The Entrepreneurship Aspect

• 2012 - 2013 VEX Robotics Season

• Toronto VEX Robotics Competition - Dec 1, 2012

• Crescent VEX Robotics Scrimmage - Dec 8, 2012

• Southern Ontario Robotics Championship - Dec 15, 2012

• Central Toronto VEX Robotics Championship - Feb 2, 2013

• St. Catherine’s VEX Robotics Competition - Feb 9, 2013

• Mississauga VEX Robotics Competition - Feb 23, 2013

The Canadian Timeline

• Initiation - Resources, Man Power, Time etc.

• Finances & Budget

• Project Management - Outline the Future, Delegate.

• The VEX Game (Eg. Sack Attack):

• Robot

• Awards

Are you a new team?

• It’s very easy to get involved in the VEX Robotics Competition.

• Join a team, create a team.

• Become a hobbyist, or a VEX Volunteer.

• VEX Website: www.vexrobotics.com

It’s time to get involved.

• www.vexrobotics.org

• www.curriculum.vexrobotics.org

• robotevents.com

Important Links