The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation sparks interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by engaging students in hands-on, sustainable, and affordable curriculum-based robotics programs.
Mission: The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation's global mission is to provide every educator with competition, education, and workforce readiness programs to increase student engagement in science, technology, engineering, math, and computer science.
Vision: We see a future where every student designs and innovates as part of a team, overcomes failure, perseveres, and emerges confident in their ability to meet global challenges.
The VEX IQ Robotics Competition (VIQRC) provides elementary and middle school students with an exciting new robotics challenge each year, introducing competition based robotics through fun and STEM-learning. VIQRC teams learn teamwork, collaboration, and STEM essentials in this engaging program.
The VEX V5 Robotics Competition (V5RC) is the largest middle school and high school robotics program globally. Each year, an exciting engineering challenge is presented in the form of a game. Students, with guidance from their teachers and coaches, build innovative robots using the VEX Robotics system and compete to qualify for the VEX Robotics World Championship.
More than 200 teams compete in the VEX U Robotics Competition (VURC) annually. Based on the VEX V5 Robotics Competition (V5RC), teams are allowed more customization and greater flexibility than traditional V5RC teams, while providing the effective costs and real-world limitations of a restricted development environment.
VEX GPS, VEX LINK, and AI Vision System, and the resulting Sensor Fusion create an opportunity for students to take their autonomous robots a level up! The VEX AI Robotics Competition pushes the boundaries of robotics competitions. The game is separate from the V5RC and VURC competitions.
