The VEX Robotics Competition

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Robotics competitions for elementary through university students that tasks teams to design and build a robot using STEM skills to play against other teams in a game-based engineering challenge. It is a subset of VEX Robotics, which is, in turn, a subset of Innovation First International. This competition includes local, regional, national, and world competitions.

There are two parts of this competition, the first is Turning Point. It targets middle school, high school, and university, and it includes Standard Matches where two alliances of two teams each play against each other, a Robot Skills Challenge where one robot plays alone against the clock, Online Challenges which are unique contests using CAD, animation, essays, and more.

The second part is VEX IQ Challenge Next Level. It targets primary to secondary school. It consists of Teamwork Challenge where two teams work together to maximize their score, a Robot Skills Challenge and a STEM Research Project where students use the scientific method to research and solve a challenge.