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Elementary and middle school is the most formative time in a young student's life. The best way to instill a lifelong interest in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) is to provide a fun, engaging, and hands-on opportunity to explore and experience it for themselves.
Purpose
Purpose
By its nature, the study of robotics inherently incorporates all four pillars of STEM. VEX IQ is a snap-together robotics system designed from the ground up to provide this opportunity to future engineers of all skill levels. By packaging advanced concepts into an accessible package, the system also naturally encourages teamwork, problem solving, and leadership for students as young as second grade!
2026-2027 Official Game
VEX IQ Robotics Competition Full Volume is played on a 6’ x 8’ rectangular field configured as seen above. Two robots compete in the Teamwork Challenge as an alliance in 60 second long teamwork matches, working collaboratively to score points.
Teams also compete in the Robot Skills Challenge where one robot takes the field to score as many points as possible. These matches consist of Driving Skills Matches, which will be entirely driver controlled, and Autonomous Coding Skills Matches, which will be autonomous with limited human interaction.
The scoring objects in VEX IQ Robotics Competition Level Up are 3" x 4" Bean Bags.
The primary objectives of the game is to score Bean Bags into Goals. Higher Goals earn more points. A Robot can only carry one Bean Bag at a time, and most Bean Bags have to travel across the entire Field to reach their Goals.
Teams have to decide whether to drive a long path or design their Robot to fit through the narrow shortcuts on the Field.
What we've done
What we've done
During the 2019-2020 school year, it was our second year involved with the VEX community. We had 5 teams compete this year. Team 1945B won the Excellence Award, which is the highest award presented in the VEX IQ Challenge. It is awarded to the team that exemplifies overall excellence in creating a high quality VEX robotics program. The team is a strong contender in numerous award categories. Excellence winners must have an Engineering Notebook. They also won the Design Award at the State Championship. The Design Award recipient demonstrates the ability to implement the most effective and efficient robot design process. Their Engineering Notebook and discussion with the Judges will demonstrate the team’s ability to produce a quality robot with minimal adult assistance. Team 1945A won the Teamwork Challenge; which is presented to each of the two teams on the winning alliance in the Teamwork Challenge Finals Matches. They also won the North Dakota State Championship for the Teamwork Challenge.
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