Young Innovators Gear Up for Vex Robotics Competition

From Vex Robotics: More than 250 leading middle and high school VEX Robotics Competition students and mentors from around Maryland will unite at the Dundalk High School/Sollers Point Technical HighSchool on March 3-4, 2017 for the State Championship for VEX Robotics. The action-packed tournament will feature more than 56 teams who will compete with and against other schools in a series of back-to-back robot challenges. Participants will compete for the championship title by strategically executing the VEX Robotics Competition Starstruck game, driving robots they designed, built and programmed from the ground up using VEX EDR. VEX Robotics Competition Starstruck is played by scoring stars and cubes in designated zones and by hanging robots on a hanging bar. VEX Robotics Competition Starstruck was developed by the Game Design Committee comprised of leaders from VEX Robotics, Inc. and the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation.

The Maryland State Championship is the culmination of a series of VEX Robotics Competitions taking place internationally throughout the year. The VEX Competitions make up the world’s fastest growing competitive robotics program for elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and colleges around the world, with more than 16,000 teams from 40 countries that participate in more than 1,300 VEX Robotics events worldwide. The competition season culminates each spring, with the highly-anticipated VEX Robotics World Championship, uniting top qualifying teams from local, state and international VEX Robotics events to crown World Champions.

“The robots that students build and the competitions that they compete in are an inspiration to see,” said Michael Grubbs, Career and Technology Education Supervisor of Baltimore County Public Schools. “The VEX Robotics Competition provides kids with an engaging hands-on learning experience that instills a passion for science and technology which encourages them to pursue STEM-related education and careers.”

The VEX Robotics Competition is managed by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation and serves as a vehicle for students to develop critical life skills such as teamwork, leadership and project management, honed through building robots and competing with like-minded students from the community in an intense and exciting environment. VEX Robotics inspires students to become the problem solving heroes of tomorrow. VEX EDR offers students a rich and exciting platform to immerse themselves in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math through the excitement of building robots.

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